Ponderosity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpɒndəˈɹɒsɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ponderosity is a noun meaning The quality of requiring extensive thought.
Meaning
The quality of requiring extensive thought.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Weight; heaviness.
Example Sentences
Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.
The ponderosity of her qualifications for nobility was sometimes too much even for her mother, and her devotion to peerage was such, that she would certainly have declined a seat in heaven if offered to her without the promise that it should be in the upper house
Word Forms
- ponderosities
Synonyms for ponderosity
Depending on context, synonyms include heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ponderousness, massiveness, heft, heftiness, ponderableness, profoundness.
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