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Weighty

//ˈweɪti//

Definitions

1
Having a lot of weight; heavy.
And so a weighty rock she aimed / With much enthusiasm
2
Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
a weighty argument
Similar
grave solemn austere
3
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

Word Origin

From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y. Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German ...

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