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Synonyms for ponderosity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pon-der-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒn dər əs

Définition of ponderosity

Origin :
  • c.1400, "thick;" early 15c., "heavy, weighty, clumsy," from Latin ponderosus "of great weight; full of meaning," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weight" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "tedious" is first recorded 1704. Related: Ponderously; ponderousness.
  • noun heaviness
Example sentences :
  • What does the lightest of substances do in this ponderosity?
  • Extract from : « The City of God, Volume II » by Aurelius Augustine
  • The ponderosity of her mind was only equaled by that of her body.
  • Extract from : « The Tinder-Box » by Maria Thompson Daviess
  • The ponderosity and solemnity of the little court occasionally tickled him, and he laughed openly.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • He might just as well have called it weight or ponderosity, which means the same as gravity.
  • Extract from : « The Universe a Vast Electric Organism » by George Woodward Warder
  • Ponderosity, profundity and insipidity may have their place, but the man with Charm of Manner keeps his capital active.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) » by Elbert Hubbard
  • But he, fearing the ponderosity of her hand, rarely submitted; his spinal column being delicate, he dared not risk it.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. II., Issue 31, October 29, 1870 » by Various
  • Bodies that have the least ponderosity would presently sink under water.
  • Extract from : « The Existence of God » by Francois de Salignac de La Mothe- Fenelon
  • Yet did he also bow low under the weight of his own ponderosity, as the author of such a vast load of literature.
  • Extract from : « Pierre; or The Ambiguities » by Herman Melville
  • "Oh, everything comes here," said Beaton, impatient of the elder's ponderosity.
  • Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells
  • Certainly he was not in the least graceful; that 'ponderosity' of his could in no way be repressed.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. I., No. IV., April, 1862 » by Various

Antonyms for ponderosity

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