ponderous
pon·de·rous
adjective
1.
2.
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- “a ponderous stone”
- “a ponderous burden”
- “ponderous weapons”
3.
Origin
Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).
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