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weighty (iou) and licca (iou)


weighty (iou)



weighty adjective. LME.
[from WEIGHT noun + -Y1.]
I. In literal use.
Of considerable or appreciable weight; heavy. LME.
b. Of a person or animal: unusually large or bulky of body, corpulent. L16.
c. Heavy in proportion to bulk, of high density. L16.
d. Of a coin: of full weight, of the standard or legal weight. E17-M18.
Falling heavily, or with force or violence. L16.
Pope Up-bore my load, and prest the sinking sands With weighty steps.
II. fig.
Hard to bear; oppressive, burdensome, grievous. L15.
Steele The weighty Cares..to undergo for the publick Good.
b. Rigorous, severe. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Shakespeare Timon of Athens We banish thee for ever...If after two days' shine Athens contain thee, Attend our weightier judgment.
Of great gravity or significance, momentous; requiring or deserving careful thought or consideration; important, serious. L15.
Burke War and peace, the most weighty of all questions. Dickens Four secrets. Mind! Serious, grave, weighty secrets.
b. Substantial, solid; of high value. M16.
S. W. Singer Dibdin whose authority on the subject is the weightiest.
a. Of an argument, utterance, etc.: producing a powerful effect; convincing, persuasive; forcible, telling. M16.
W. Robertson Several weighty objections had to be urged. E. A. Freeman Few and weighty were the words the..Earl spoke that day.
b. Of a person: having great authority or stature; influential, authoritative. M17.
Of a face etc.: expressing earnestness or gravity; solemn. Only in 17.
weightily adverb (chiefly fig.) in a weighty manner, with or as with weight M16.
weightiness noun M16.

licca (iou)



licca noun. M18.
[Origin unkn.]
In full licca tree. A West Indian tree, Zanthoxylum spinosum, of the rue family.