| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pon·der·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p n d r-s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having great weight. 2. Unwieldy from weight or bulk. 3. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. See synonyms at heavy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French pondereux, from Latin ponder sus, from pondus, ponder-, weight. See (s)pen- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ponder·ous·ly —ADVERB
ponder·ous·ness, pon der·osi·ty (-s -t ) —NOUN
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