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PONDEROUS
ponderous
(adjective) having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; “a ponderous stone”; “a ponderous burden”; “ponderous weapons”
heavy, lumbering, ponderous
(adjective) slow and laborious because of weight; “the heavy tread of tired troops”; “moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot”; “ponderous prehistoric beasts”; “a ponderous yawn”
ponderous
(adjective) labored and dull; “a ponderous speech”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ponderous (comparative more ponderous, superlative most ponderous)
Heavy, massive, weighty.
(figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
(rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
(obsolete) Dense.
Synonyms
• (heavy, massive): heavy, massive
• (serious, onerous): oppressive, serious
Anagrams
• neuropods
Source: Wiktionary
Pon"der*ous, a. Etym: [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pondéreux. See Ponder.]
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak.
2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." Shak.
3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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