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Ponderosity

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pon·der·ous  (pndr-s)
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 pondersus, from pondus, ponder-, weight; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
ponder·ous·ly adv.
ponder·ous·ness, ponder·osi·ty (-s-t) n.
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Noun1.ponderosity - the property of being large in mass
heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness
heaviness, weightiness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"


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In vain handspikes and crows were brought to bear upon the immovable fluke-chains, to pry them adrift from the timber-heads; and so low had the whale now settled that the submerged ends could not be at all approached, while every moment whole tons of ponderosity seemed added to the sinking bulk, and the ship seemed on the point of going over.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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