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equipondious

equipondious adjective: of equal weight on both sides; balanced.

Adjective

equipondious (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.
    • And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances.1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter XXVII, in Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinion with a Reply to the Exceptions...

Origin of equipondious

From Latin aequipondium (“an equal weight”), from aequus (“equal”) + pondus (“weight”).

Questions about equipondious

What does equipondious mean?
Equipondious means of equal weight on both sides; balanced.
What part of speech is equipondious?
Equipondious is an adjective.

Words near equipondious in the dictionary

  1. equiponderated
  2. equiponderates
  3. equiponderating
  4. equiponderation
  5. equiponderous
  6. equipondious
  7. equipopulated
  8. equipopulous
  9. equipositional
  10. equipositioning
  11. equipotency

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