Ponderous: c.1400, thick; early 15c., heavy, weighty, clumsy, from Latin ponderosus of great weight; full of meaning, from pondus (genitive ponderis) weight (see: pound). Meaning tedious is first recorded 1704. Ponder: early 14c., to estimate the worth of, to appraise, from Old French ponderer to weigh, poise (14c., Modern French pondérer) and directly from Latin ponderare ponder, consider, reflect, literally to weigh, from pondus (genitive ponderis) weigh (see: pound). Meaning to weigh a matter mentally is attested from late 14c.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:34:33 +0000
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