Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Ponderous character or quality; ponderosity; weight.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.

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  • noun The quality of being ponderous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
  • noun the property of being large in mass

Etymologies

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ponderous +‎ -ness

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