ponderosityn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒndəˈrɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌpɑndəˈrɑsədi/

Forms: late Middle English ponderosite, late Middle English ponderositee, late Middle English pondorosite, late Middle English–1500s ponderosyte, 1500s ponderositie, 1500s– ponderosity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ponderositas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ponderositas weight, heaviness (9th cent. in a British source; frequently c1115–1540 in British sources) < classical Latin ponderōsus ponderous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French ponderosité (1447 in Middle French in sense 2, now obsolete in this sense; 1478 in sense 1, now rare), Spanish ponderosidad heaviness, weight (c1385 or earlier as †ponderosidat; 1552 or earlier in figurative use).

1. The quality of being heavy; heaviness, weightiness, weight. Also in extended use. Cf. ponderousness n. 1. Now rare.

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

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 94 The humours..bi þair ponderositee [?c1425 Paris weighte; L. ponderositate], i. heuynez, þai descende to þe lawer partiez.

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 61 (MED) Who slepeth so moch that he fyndeth no ponderosite in his body..he nedeth not to be a-ferd.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 328^v Yow owght to consyder of what ponderositie of weyght they are.

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. i. 47 Ponderosity is a naturall inclination to the Center of the World.

1699 E. Ward London Spy II. ii. 8 The Demensions must be so large, and the Ponderosity so great.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Baroscope The Tube by its Ponderosity presses downwards into the Vessel.

1798 Jrnl. Tour to Scarborough 33 The incalculable masses of rock (both as to number and as to ponderosity).

1806 J. Dallaway Observ. Eng. Archit. 209 The numerous turrets rising pyramidally lessen the ponderosity without diminution of the grand effect.

1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. i. §10 11 Those most general Properties of Matter, resistance and ponderosity.

1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk i. i. 15 Over all is a silence that matches the darkness in its ponderosity.

1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire iv. 163 Alchemical sources explicitly link the subtlety and close packing of ordinary gold's particles to its ponderosity and great malleability.

2. Esp. of speech or writing: (originally) profundity, gravity, seriousness; (now usually) dullness, pomposity, excessive deliberateness; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun]

mund?c1250

steemc1330

greatnessc1410

substancec1425

importance1485

weight1521

moment1522

weightiness1530

importancy1531

importunance1546

import1548

reckoning1582

sequel1588

ponderosity1589

valure1594

consequence1597

significance1597

circumstance1599

consequent1599

eminency1622

importmenta1625

concernment1626

consideration1634

telling1636

signification1645

considerableness1647

concerningness1657

nearness1679

significancy1679

respectability1769

interest1809

noteworthiness1852

portee1893

valency1897

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > gravity or seriousness

peisec1425

poise1457

griefa1513

gravity1533

ponderosity1589

ponderance1600

pitha1616

seriousness1797

ponderation1873

gravitas1924

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > ponderousness

ponderousness1557

ponderosity1881

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 145 The most excellent makers of their time, more..respecting the fitnesse and ponderositie of their wordes then the true cadence or simphonie.

1637 J. Bastwick Answer to Exceptions against Letany ii. 2/1 With all the ponderosity of Arguments and solidest tractats.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. Advt. p. v If, as refinement generally verges to extreme contrarieties, Kent's ponderosity does not degenerate into filligraine.

1787 Minor 107 Your late rare history has conferred so large a portion of ponderosity on your opinions.

1835 New Monthly Mag. 43 85 The fervent lightness of Lewis, the elephantic ponderosity of Cooke.

1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry v. 139 He falls into ponderosity and pomposity.

1896 W. James Let. 5 Feb. (1920) II. 32 If any other country's ruler had expressed himself with equal moral ponderosity would n't the population have gone twice as fighting-mad as ours?

1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. xix. 322 There were possibilities of ponderosities of practice, arid social sands.

1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 186 Even his ordinary statements in conversation..had about them a pious ponderosity.

2003 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 1 June 8 His ponderosities provide the best laughs of the evening.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ponderosity
释义	ponderosityn. Brit. /ˌpɒndəˈrɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpɑndəˈrɑsədi/ Forms: late Middle English ponderosite, late Middle English ponderositee, late Middle English pondorosite, late Middle English–1500s ponderosyte, 1500s ponderositie, 1500s– ponderosity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ponderositas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ponderositas weight, heaviness (9th cent. in a British source; frequently c1115–1540 in British sources) < classical Latin ponderōsus ponderous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French ponderosité (1447 in Middle French in sense 2, now obsolete in this sense; 1478 in sense 1, now rare), Spanish ponderosidad heaviness, weight (c1385 or earlier as †ponderosidat; 1552 or earlier in figurative use). 1. The quality of being heavy; heaviness, weightiness, weight. Also in extended use. Cf. ponderousness n. 1. Now rare. 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 94 The humours..bi þair ponderositee [?c1425 Paris weighte; L. ponderositate], i. heuynez, þai descende to þe lawer partiez. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 61 (MED) Who slepeth so moch that he fyndeth no ponderosite in his body..he nedeth not to be a-ferd. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 328^v Yow owght to consyder of what ponderositie of weyght they are. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. i. 47 Ponderosity is a naturall inclination to the Center of the World. 1699 E. Ward London Spy II. ii. 8 The Demensions must be so large, and the Ponderosity so great. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Baroscope The Tube by its Ponderosity presses downwards into the Vessel. 1798 Jrnl. Tour to Scarborough 33 The incalculable masses of rock (both as to number and as to ponderosity). 1806 J. Dallaway Observ. Eng. Archit. 209 The numerous turrets rising pyramidally lessen the ponderosity without diminution of the grand effect. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. i. §10 11 Those most general Properties of Matter, resistance and ponderosity. 1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk i. i. 15 Over all is a silence that matches the darkness in its ponderosity. 1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire iv. 163 Alchemical sources explicitly link the subtlety and close packing of ordinary gold's particles to its ponderosity and great malleability. 2. Esp. of speech or writing: (originally) profundity, gravity, seriousness; (now usually) dullness, pomposity, excessive deliberateness; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > gravity or seriousness peisec1425 poise1457 griefa1513 gravity1533 ponderosity1589 ponderance1600 pitha1616 seriousness1797 ponderation1873 gravitas1924 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > ponderousness ponderousness1557 ponderosity1881 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 145 The most excellent makers of their time, more..respecting the fitnesse and ponderositie of their wordes then the true cadence or simphonie. 1637 J. Bastwick Answer to Exceptions against Letany ii. 2/1 With all the ponderosity of Arguments and solidest tractats. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. Advt. p. v If, as refinement generally verges to extreme contrarieties, Kent's ponderosity does not degenerate into filligraine. 1787 Minor 107 Your late rare history has conferred so large a portion of ponderosity on your opinions. 1835 New Monthly Mag. 43 85 The fervent lightness of Lewis, the elephantic ponderosity of Cooke. 1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry v. 139 He falls into ponderosity and pomposity. 1896 W. James Let. 5 Feb. (1920) II. 32 If any other country's ruler had expressed himself with equal moral ponderosity would n't the population have gone twice as fighting-mad as ours? 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. xix. 322 There were possibilities of ponderosities of practice, arid social sands. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 186 Even his ordinary statements in conversation..had about them a pious ponderosity. 2003 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 1 June 8 His ponderosities provide the best laughs of the evening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1425
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