PONDEROUSNESS
heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity
(noun) the property of being large in mass
ponderousness, heaviness
(noun) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; “a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness”; “his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ponderousness (usually uncountable, plural ponderousnesses)
The quality of being ponderous.
Source: Wiktionary
Pon"der*ous*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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