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Definition of Ponderousness
1. Noun. An oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency. "His lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"
2. Noun. The property of being large in mass.
Generic synonyms: Heaviness, Weightiness
Derivative terms: Hefty, Hefty, Hefty, Hefty, Hefty, Massive, Massive, Ponderous, Ponderous, Ponderous
Definition of Ponderousness
1. n. The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.
Definition of Ponderousness
1. Noun. The quality of being ponderous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ponderousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ponderousness
Literary usage of Ponderousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Passion Play of Oberammergau by Montrose Jonas Moses (1909)
"and German manuscripts, and are so enormous in length as to make one marvel at
the ponderousness of the roles memorized and enacted. ..."
2. Language for Men of Affairs (1920)
"Avoid ponderousness But there is another class of words to which the writer is
peculiarly prone. In avoiding colloquialism there is danger of unnatural ..."
3. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Moreover, the illustration deduced from the ponderousness of bodies is not to
the purpose ; first, because the addition of quantity is not the cause of ..."
4. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Moreover, the illustration deduced from the ponderousness of bodies is not to
the purpose; first, because the addition of quantity is not the cause of ..."
5. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1858)
"Moreover, the illustration deduced from the ponderousness of bodies is not to
the purpose; first, because the addition of quantity is not the cause of ..."
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