Definitions for: Ponderous

[adj] having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
[adj] 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"
[adj] labored and dull; "a ponderous speech"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: heavy, heavy-footed, lumbering, uninteresting

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