The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OROTUND
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More clues leading to the result OROTUND
- Donor somehow keeps workers' group booming
- Round and round and round!
- Ring round being pompous
- Round and plump and pompous
- Pompous fanatic turns up in front of oyster bar
- Pompous character at centre for economics showing evidence of inflation?
- Round and round, in a manner of speaking
- Pompous orator’s beginning to get pot-bellied?
- Sonorous noise not initially containing nonsense
- Round and plump, and pompous
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The straight part
We know that "Ornate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ornate = orotund.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OROTUND mean?
OROTUND adjective- Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
- Pompous; bombastic.