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weighty

UK/ˈweɪti/ US/ˈweɪˌti/ rare

adjective

1.

having relatively great weight; heavy

  • “a weighty load”
  • “a weighty package”
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2.

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

  • “grave responsibilities”
  • “faced a grave decision in a time of crisis”
  • “a grievous fault”
  • “heavy matters of state”
  • “the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference”
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3.

weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry

  • “weighty problems”
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4.

excessively fat

  • “a weighty man”
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5.

powerfully persuasive

  • “a cogent argument”
  • “a telling presentation”
  • “a weighty argument”
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Origin

From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y. Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vigtig, Swedish viktig. Compare typologically Russian ве́ский (véskij), весо́мый (vesómyj) (< вес (ves)). Also compare the same meaning development from cognate (by borrowing) Polish waga (< ... < Proto-Germanic *wēgō): ważny (whence Russian ва́жный (vážnyj)).

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