| slovo | definícia |
ponderous
(encz) | ponderous,nemotorný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ponderous
(encz) | ponderous,těžkopádný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ponderous
(gcide) | Ponderous \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris,
a weight: cf. F. pond['e]reux. See Ponder.]
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous
load; the ponderous elephant.
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The sepulcher . . .
Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. --Shak.
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2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and
settled project." --Shak.
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3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous
style; a ponderous joke.
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Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See
Barite.
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ponderous
(wn) | ponderous
adj 1: slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of
tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot";
"ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" [syn:
heavy, lumbering, ponderous]
2: having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous
stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
3: labored and dull; "a ponderous speech" |
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ponderously
(encz) | ponderously,nemotorně adv: Zdeněk Brožponderously,těžkopádně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
ponderousness
(encz) | ponderousness,nudnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Equiponderous
(gcide) | Equiponderous \E`qui*pon"der*ous\, a. [Equi- + L. pondus,
ponderis, weight.]
Having equal weight. --Bailey.
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Imponderous
(gcide) | Imponderous \Im*pon"der*ous\, a.
Imponderable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
Im*pon"der*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]
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Imponderousness
(gcide) | Imponderous \Im*pon"der*ous\, a.
Imponderable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
Im*pon"der*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]
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Overponderous
(gcide) | Overponderous \O"ver*pon"der*ous\, a.
Too heavy.
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Ponderous
(gcide) | Ponderous \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris,
a weight: cf. F. pond['e]reux. See Ponder.]
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous
load; the ponderous elephant.
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The sepulcher . . .
Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. --Shak.
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2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and
settled project." --Shak.
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3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous
style; a ponderous joke.
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Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See
Barite.
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Ponderous spar
(gcide) | Ponderous \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris,
a weight: cf. F. pond['e]reux. See Ponder.]
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous
load; the ponderous elephant.
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The sepulcher . . .
Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. --Shak.
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2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and
settled project." --Shak.
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3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous
style; a ponderous joke.
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Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See
Barite.
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Ponderously
(gcide) | Ponderously \Pon"der*ous*ly\, adv.
In a ponderous manner.
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Ponderousness
(gcide) | Ponderousness \Pon"der*ous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.
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ponderously
(wn) | ponderously
adv 1: in an uninterestingly ponderous manner; "the play was
staged with ponderously realistic sets"
2: in a heavy ponderous manner; "he moves ponderously" |
ponderousness
(wn) | ponderousness
n 1: an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and
lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it
sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend
to heaviness and repetition" [syn: ponderousness,
heaviness]
2: the property of being large in mass [syn: heft,
heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity] |
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