Middle English Dictionary Entry
ponderǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ponderǒus adj. |
| Etymology | OF ponderos, pondereuse & L ponderōsus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Heavy, weighty; (b) of a putrid discharge: thick, viscous; (c) of dreams: disturbing, bad; (d) important.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)104a/b : It helpeþ for to..lift vp som ponderous [Ch.(2): heuy; L ponderosum] þyng.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)177/10 : Þe greuous and ponderous body is maad liȝt.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.865 : It was to heuy..that mantel for to vse Because it was to large & ponderous.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1354 : These reliquys..heuy &..ponderous Dede growe anoon.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)9806 : My body, wych ys greuous, Hevy, gret, & ponderous.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)66 : For þe stone is hevy and ponderous, þerfore he woll discende.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2459 : One planete is more ponderous Then is an other.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)88/7 : Þe quitture & þe rotynes þat goiþ out þerof is greet in substaunce, ponderous [vr. ponderose; L ponderosa] & vneuene.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)147a/b : Þe quiture oþer þe rotennesse is grete, ponderous, and vneuene.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/a : Þai haue ponderous [Ch.(2): heuy; Lponderosa] & greuous dremez.
d
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)177 : Trust not to oon reding or tweyne..For it conteynyth ful ponderose sentence.