ponderment

[Eng. ponder; -ment.] Pondering, meditation, reflection. "In deep and serious ponderment I watch'd the motions of his next intent." Byron: Robbery of Cambridge Coach. põn'-der-ōse, adj . [Lat. pond eros us.] Ponderous, weighty. pon-der-os-i-ty, s. [Old Fr. ponderosite, from Lat. pond eros us ponderous (q. v.); Ital. ponder osità. 1. The quality or state of being ponderous; weight, gravity, heavine . "Ponderosity is a natural inclination to the center of the world."- Wotton : Remains , p. 30. IMG:content-1316.png:[blocks in formation] graph. 2. Momentous, weighty, important. "If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration, I'll point you Where you shall have receiving shall become you." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iv. 4. *3. Forcible; strongly impulsive. "My love's more ponderous than my tongue." Shakesp.: Lear, i. 1. pon-der-oŭs-ly, adv. [English ponderous; -ly.] In a ponderous manner; with great weight.