pesanteurn.

Brit.

/ˌpeɪzɒnˈtəː/, U.S.

/peɪˌzɑnˈtər/

Forms: late Middle English 1900s– pesanteur, 1600s pesanture.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pesanteur.

Etymology: < Middle French, French pesanteur (c1175 in Old French as pesantor ) < pesant (see peisant adj.) + -eur -or suffix.In form pesanture (see quot. 1689) perhaps after -ure suffix¹, although perhaps compare Middle French pesanture (a1389 in an apparently isolated attestation; 1213 in Old French).

rare.

Heaviness, weight. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > property of being heavy

peisea1382

heavinessa1400

ponderosity?a1425

pesanteur1480

ponderousnessc1484

poise1489

pondera1500

weightiness1539

heft1558

gravity1648

ponderity1656

pondure1661

luggage1667

ponderancy1667

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. xii For the weighte & pesanteur [Fr. pesanteur] of the fruit.

1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation viii. 61 The pesanture of a Stone of compass.

1962 Listener 15 Feb. 295/2 All capable of a passion, a pesanteur of feeling, endowed with an endless capacity for suffering.

2001 J. Updike in New Yorker (Nexis) 24 Dec. 118 Overturning the table with the kick is a gesture that..perhaps makes light of the materialist table's real pesanteur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pesanteur
释义	pesanteurn. Brit. /ˌpeɪzɒnˈtəː/, U.S. /peɪˌzɑnˈtər/ Forms: late Middle English 1900s– pesanteur, 1600s pesanture. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pesanteur. Etymology: < Middle French, French pesanteur (c1175 in Old French as pesantor ) < pesant (see peisant adj.) + -eur -or suffix.In form pesanture (see quot. 1689) perhaps after -ure suffix¹, although perhaps compare Middle French pesanture (a1389 in an apparently isolated attestation; 1213 in Old French). rare. Heaviness, weight. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > property of being heavy peisea1382 heavinessa1400 ponderosity?a1425 pesanteur1480 ponderousnessc1484 poise1489 pondera1500 weightiness1539 heft1558 gravity1648 ponderity1656 pondure1661 luggage1667 ponderancy1667 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. xii For the weighte & pesanteur [Fr. pesanteur] of the fruit. 1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation viii. 61 The pesanture of a Stone of compass. 1962 Listener 15 Feb. 295/2 All capable of a passion, a pesanteur of feeling, endowed with an endless capacity for suffering. 2001 J. Updike in New Yorker (Nexis) 24 Dec. 118 Overturning the table with the kick is a gesture that..perhaps makes light of the materialist table's real pesanteur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1480
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