ponderous

Pronounced: PAHN-druhs (alt: PAHN-duh-ruhs)

Notes: I did not know all the meanings of this word


Yesterday’s word

The word cento is “a literary work (especially a poem) composed of parts taken from works of other authors”

First usage

Our word came into English in the early 1600s

Background / Comments

Our word is new to me. It is probably not a word I can work into conversations, so I will probably forget it again. Our word came from the Latin word cento (patchwork).

Published by Richard

Christian, lover-of-knowledge, Texan, and other things.

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