ponderous

[pon·der·ous]

When you call Frankenstein ponderous, it's not because he likes to ponder the great questions of life. It's because he moves like a Mack truck, only slower and less gracefully.

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Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

Adjective S.
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
labored and dull; "a ponderous speech"


a.
Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

a.
Important; momentous; forcible.

a.
Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.


Ponderous

Pon"der*ous , a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pond'82reux. 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.
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 , heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.

Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

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Usage Examples

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.

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