ponderous

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  1. adjective Having great weight.
  2. adjective Unwieldy from weight or bulk.
  3. adjective Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. See Synonyms at heavy.

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  • The mood of Devil's Tor is that of Wagner—slow, ponderous, and all-encompassing. —  Magazine - Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 112] - Issue 03 - March 2007 (v1.0)
  • Slow and ponderous, they provided the muscle for the society, though in war they served only as massed troops with little status The raypen lay at the other end of the size spectrum. —  VANCE MOORE
  • It was solid, ponderous, and fastened on the opposite side. —  013 - Meteor Menace
  • They're all very slow and ponderous, which is odd as everyone says its an upbeat happy album. —  Word Magazine -
  • But one aesthetic preference that our mother did pass on successfully: she told us that the royal 'we' was both pretentious and ponderous, and that we should at all costs avoid it if we wished people not to mock us mercilessly. —  Apartment Therapy Main
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French pondereux, from Latin ponderōsus, from pondus, ponder-, weight; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French pondéreux = Spanish Portuguese Italian ponderoso, from Latin ponderosus, of great weight, weighty, heavy, from pondus (ponder-), weight: see ponder, pound.
 

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/ˈpɑndərəs/
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