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ponderousness|ˈpɒndərəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being ponderous; heaviness, weightiness, weight. a. Of things material.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 5 b/1 Whether the bullet, throughe his ponderousnes, might be descended. 1672Phil. Trans. VII. 4096 By finding out the Ponderousness of Crystal in reference to Water. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vii. §10. 239 Thus the greater ponderousness of the traceries is only an indication of the greater lightness of the structure.
b. fig. Of a task, words, style, etc.
1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) 28 Pacuuius..is commended of Quintilian for the grauity of his sentences, the ponderousnesse of his words. 1664R. Flecknoe Love's Kingd. etc., Disc. Eng. Stage G vj, Shakespear excelled in a natural Vein, Fletcher in Wit, and Johnson in Gravity and ponderousness of Style. 1881M. Arnold in Macm. Mag. XLIII. 370/2 The slovenliness and tunelessness of much of Byron's production, the pompousness and ponderousness of much of Wordsworth's. |