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• Ponderous — Pon der*ous, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, eris, a weight: cf. F. pond[ e]reux. See {Ponder}.] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. [1913 Webster] The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ponderous spar — Ponderous Pon der*ous, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, eris, a weight: cf. F. pond[ e]reux. See {Ponder}.] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. [1913 Webster] The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ponderous — [[t]pɒ̱ndərəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Ponderous writing or speech is very serious, uses more words than necessary, and is rather dull. He had a dense, ponderous style. Derived words: ponderously ADV GRADED ADV with v ...the rather ponderously titled… …   English dictionary

• ponderous — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• Rococo style — or Late Baroque Style in interior design, the decorative arts, painting, architecture, and sculpture that originated in Paris in the early 18th century. The word Rococo is derived from French rocaille, denoting the shell covered rockwork used to… …   Universalium

• Cistercian style — ▪ architecture       architecture of the Cistercian monastic order in the 12th century. The order was an austere community characterized by devotion to humility and to rigid discipline. Unlike most orders of the period, under which the arts… …   Universalium

• BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Johann Joseph von Görres — (January 25 1776 – January 29 1848), was a German writer.He was born at Koblenz. His father was moderately well off, and sent his son to a Latin college under the direction of the Roman Catholic clergy. The young Görres sympathies were initially… …   Wikipedia

• Fray Antonio de la Calancha —     Fray Antonio de la Calancha     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Fray Antonio de la Calancha     An erudite Augustinian monk, born 1584 at Chiquisaca (now Sucre) in Bolivia; died 1 March, 1654. Both his parents were of Spanish descent. He studied at …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Winner, Michael —    b. 1935, London    Film maker    With a background in BBC documentary and nudie films, Winner’s early films like Play It Cool (1962), West Eleven (1963), The Jokers (1967) and I’ll Never Forget What’s ‘is Name (1967) variously captured the… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium