a. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Important; momentous; forcible. “Your more ponderous and settled project.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency, Syn.heaviness, Example: a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness; his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
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