Pon·der·ous a.
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
The sepulcher . . .
Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. --Shak.
2. Important; momentous; forcible. “Your more ponderous and settled project.”
3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
Ponderous spar Min., heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.
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