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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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pon·der·ous   (pŏn'dər-əs)   
adj.  
  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.

[Middle English, from Old French pondereux, from Latin ponderōsus, from pondus, ponder-, weight; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
pon'der·ous·ly adv., pon'der·ous·ness, pon'der·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Ponderous

Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pond['e]reux. 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. --Shak.

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 (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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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