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81lumpish — lump•ish [[t]ˈlʌm pɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) resembling a lump 2) having a heavy quality, character, appearance, etc.; moving clumsily, slowly, or ponderously 3) having a sluggish mind; dull; stupid • Etymology: 1400–50 lump′ish•ly, adv. lump′ish•ness, n …
82soggy — sog•gy [[t]ˈsɒg i[/t]] adj. gi•er, gi•est 1) thoroughly wet; soaked; sodden 2) damp and heavy, as poorly baked bread 3) ponderously dull; boring: a soggy, sentimental play[/ex] • Etymology: 1590–1600; dial. sog bog + y I sog′gi•ly, adv.… …
83ponderous — /ˈpɒndərəs / (say ponduhruhs), / drəs/ (say druhs) adjective 1. of great weight; heavy; massive: a ponderous mass of iron. 2. without graceful lightness or ease; dull: *It had been a good party – George knew how to give a party even if he were… …
84hard — [adj1] rocklike adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, firm, hardened, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, iron*, packed, rigid, rocky, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong, thick, tough,… …
85ponderous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) slow and clumsy because of great weight. 2) dull or laborious. DERIVATIVES ponderously adverb. ORIGIN Latin ponderosus, from pondus weight …
86ponderous — [pän′dər əs] adj. [ME < L ponderosus < pondus, a weight: see POUND1] 1. very heavy 2. unwieldy because of weight 3. that seems heavy; bulky; massive 4. labored and dull [a ponderous joke] SYN. HEAVY …
87sententious — [sen ten′shəs] adj. [L sententiosus < sententia: see SENTENCE] 1. expressing much in few words; short and pithy; pointed 2. full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, etc., esp. in a way that is ponderously trite and moralizing sententiously …
88ponderous — adj. 1 heavy; unwieldy. 2 laborious. 3 (of style etc.) dull; tedious. Derivatives: ponderosity n. ponderously adv. ponderousness n. Etymology: ME f. L ponderosus f. pondus eris weight …
89biblio- — comb. form denoting a book or books. Etymology: Gk f. biblion book * * * combining form Etymology: Middle French, from Latin, from Greek, from biblion more at bible …
90cumbrously — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from cumbrous + ly : in a cumbrous way : clumsily, ponderously …
