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Webster 1913 Edition

Ponderous

Pon′der-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
ponderosus
, from
pondus
,
-eris
, a weight: cf. F.
pondéreux
. 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.
Shakespeare
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 1828 Edition

Ponderous

PON'DEROUS

,
Adj.
[L. ponderosus.]
1.
Very heavy; weighty; as a ponderous shield; a ponderous load.
2.
Important; momentous; as a ponderous project. [This application of the word is unusual.]
3.
Forcible; strongly impulsive; as a motion vehement or ponderous; a ponderous blow.
Ponderous spar, heavy spar, or baryte.

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