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There is no prefix "pond". In some words like "pond-scum" and "ponding", the root is the English word "pond", a small body of water. In other words, like "ponder" or "ponderous" the root is the Latin word "ponderosus" meaning heavy. This is also the root of the measure of weight, a pound.
ponderous (weighty)
ponderous, plump
They could not move the ponderous body of the dead cyclops, and were forced to climb around it. After the ponderous speech by Edward Everett, Lincoln's brief remarks were likely a relief to the crowd.
We could not move the drunken, passed out man's ponderous body.
Ponderous is an adjective.
The adjective "ponderous" (weighty, bulky) is an extension of the same root as "ponder" (to weigh in one's thoughts, or consider).(Latin pondus - weight)
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There is no prefix "pond". In some words like "pond-scum" and "ponding", the root is the English word "pond", a small body of water. In other words, like "ponder" or "ponderous" the root is the Latin word "ponderosus" meaning heavy. This is also the root of the measure of weight, a pound.
ponderous (weighty)
ponderous, plump
The definition of ponderous is heavy, of great weight, massive or something dull and laboured.The definition of ponder is to meditate or consider something deeply.It's not correct to use the word ponderous to mean "makes you ponder", however something ponderous could make you ponder, e.g.:Her ponderous essay caused me to ponder upon the subject of homicide.
They could not move the ponderous body of the dead cyclops, and were forced to climb around it. After the ponderous speech by Edward Everett, Lincoln's brief remarks were likely a relief to the crowd.
On Chapter 23, page 116, the first paragraph. The sentence is "The sun was a ponderous circle without edges, a roar without a sound, a blazing glare...."
We could not move the drunken, passed out man's ponderous body.
dreary, tedious, heavy, cumbersome, boring, plodding
Fugitive has no root word it is the root word.