Bible Dictionaries
Ponderous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

(2):

(a.) Important; momentous; forcible.

(3):

(a.) Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ponderous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/ponderous.html. 1828.