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pon⋅der⋅ous

  [pon-der-uhs]
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–adjective
1. of great weight; heavy; massive.
2. awkward or unwieldy: He carried a ponderous burden on his back.
3. dull and labored: a ponderous dissertation.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< MF ponderos, pondereuse) < L ponderōsus. See ponder, -ous

Related forms:
pon⋅der⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
pon⋅der⋅ous⋅ness, pon⋅der⋅os⋅i⋅ty  [pon-duh-ros-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
3. heavy, boring, dreary, plodding, tedious.

Antonyms:
3. lively, exciting.
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Word Origin & History

ponderous 
c.1400, "heavy, weighty, clumsy," from L. ponderosus "of great weight," from pondus (gen. ponderis) "weight" (see pound (1)). Meaning "tedious" is first recorded 1704.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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