pondusn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒndəs/, U.S.

/ˈpɑndəs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin pondus weight, a weight, importance, influence, gravity, solemnity, stability, steadfastness < an ablaut variant (o -grade) of the stem of pendere to weigh, consider (see pense v.¹).

Now literary.

A weight. Now chiefly figurative: a power to influence or bias, a moral force.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun]

powerc1300

authorityc1405

voice1433

swaya1510

gravity1534

force1582

bias1587

interest1600

prevalence1612

prevailance1631

pondus1638

prevailancya1649

prevailency1650

influence1652

prevalency1652

weight1710

prevailingness1757

holding1770

mojo1923

clout1958

muscle1965

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass > used on account of its weight

weightc1425

pound1450

poise1531

plummet1612

pondus1719

weighting1875

1638 T. Whitaker Tree Humane Life 4 To prescribe a pondus or streight weight and measure of nutriment to all tempers.

a1680 S. Charnock Wks. (1684) II. 175 Unless God give a pondus to his own motion.

1719 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. v. 116 As reasonable, as that a greater Power should sustain a greater Pondus, or take off more of the Pressure of the same Pondus.

1739 J. Kirkpatrick Full & Clear Reply Dr. Dale 17 The Cantharides..perhaps, want nothing but the Addition of a greater Pondus to their Spicula, to make them one of the most deleterious Substances in Matter.

1844 Littell's Living Age 23 Nov. 224/1 The value of this particular manifestation—its significancy and pondus as the produce of certain agencies powerfully at work.

1953 J. Collins Mind of Kierkegaard vi. 198 In his initial state, a man embodies not eternity but a pondus or loving desire for eternity.

2005 G. Hill Scenes from Comus 11 O damn this pondus of splenetic pride!

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

单词	pondus
释义	pondusn. Brit. /ˈpɒndəs/, U.S. /ˈpɑndəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pondus. Etymology: < classical Latin pondus weight, a weight, importance, influence, gravity, solemnity, stability, steadfastness < an ablaut variant (o -grade) of the stem of pendere to weigh, consider (see pense v.¹). Now literary. A weight. Now chiefly figurative: a power to influence or bias, a moral force. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass > used on account of its weight weightc1425 pound1450 poise1531 plummet1612 pondus1719 weighting1875 1638 T. Whitaker Tree Humane Life 4 To prescribe a pondus or streight weight and measure of nutriment to all tempers. a1680 S. Charnock Wks. (1684) II. 175 Unless God give a pondus to his own motion. 1719 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. v. 116 As reasonable, as that a greater Power should sustain a greater Pondus, or take off more of the Pressure of the same Pondus. 1739 J. Kirkpatrick Full & Clear Reply Dr. Dale 17 The Cantharides..perhaps, want nothing but the Addition of a greater Pondus to their Spicula, to make them one of the most deleterious Substances in Matter. 1844 Littell's Living Age 23 Nov. 224/1 The value of this particular manifestation—its significancy and pondus as the produce of certain agencies powerfully at work. 1953 J. Collins Mind of Kierkegaard vi. 198 In his initial state, a man embodies not eternity but a pondus or loving desire for eternity. 2005 G. Hill Scenes from Comus 11 O damn this pondus of splenetic pride! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638
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