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ponderous

pon·de·rous

UK/ˈpɒn.dəɹ.əs/ US/ˈpɑn.dɚ.əs/ fairly common

adjective

1.

slow and laborious because of weight

  • “the heavy tread of tired troops”
  • “moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot”
  • “ponderous prehistoric beasts”
  • “a ponderous yawn”
2.

having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

  • “a ponderous stone”
  • “a ponderous burden”
  • “ponderous weapons”
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3.

labored and dull

  • “a ponderous speech”

Origin

Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).

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