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ponderous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ponderous \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf F. pond['e]reux. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ponderous adj 1: 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" [syn: {heavy}, {lumbering}] 2: having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons" 3: labored and dull; "a ponderous speech"
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