ponderous
heavy and slow
TRANSLATION
schwer, massig, gewichtig; schwerfällig
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Drama critic Charles Spencer once remarked of a rather ponderous
play that the writing "has all the lightness of the pudding they used to
serve at dinner at my school".
play that the writing "has all the lightness of the pudding they used to
serve at dinner at my school".
Did you
know?
Did you know?
Ponderous comes from Middle English, from Middle French pondereux, and
from Latin ponderosus. Ponder-, pondus = weight
It has been used in English since the 15th century.
Various dictionary meanings are:
1 : of very great weight
2 : unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size
3 : oppressively or unpleasantly dull : LIFELESS (ponderous prose)
synonym HEAVY
- pon-der-ous-ly adverb
- pon-der-ous-ness noun
Ponderous comes from Middle English, from Middle French pondereux, and
from Latin ponderosus. Ponder-, pondus = weight
It has been used in English since the 15th century.
Various dictionary meanings are:
1 : of very great weight
2 : unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size
3 : oppressively or unpleasantly dull : LIFELESS (ponderous prose)
synonym HEAVY
- pon-der-ous-ly adverb
- pon-der-ous-ness noun
