moliminous
/mə(ʊ)ˈlɪmɪnəs/US/moʊˈlɪmɪnəs/
moliminous adjective: momentous, weighty.
Adjective
moliminous (not comparable)
- Momentous, weighty.
- those great moliminous Bodies of Parlaments are but slow in motion, and attendance will quickly exhaust a good puzzle and patience, before any thing can be done […].1653, Marchamont Nedham, A True State of the Case of the Commonwealth
- some Prophecies are not conditional but absolute, as certainly all those are that are of so vast and moliminous Concernment to the World as the appearing of the Messias is.1660, Henry More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness, I.7.i
- Laborious, involving or exerting great effort; arduous.
- And thus may the slow and imperfect wits of mortals be satisfied, that Providence to the Deity is no moliminous, laborious and distractious thing.1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, volume IV, London, published 1820
- All natural logick of expression in the elements is made thereby interrupted and most obscure, howe’er so skilled and moliminous the adeptist.1985, John Fowles, A Maggot
moliminous meaning in Tamil
moliminous in Tamil
- கடினமான, பாரமான
Origin of moliminous
From (the stem of) Latin mōlīmen (“effort”) + -ous.
Questions about moliminous
- What does moliminous mean?
- Moliminous means momentous, weighty.
- What is moliminous in Tamil?
- Moliminous in Tamil is கடினமான, பாரமான. See Moliminous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is moliminous?
- Moliminous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce moliminous?
- Moliminous is pronounced /mə(ʊ)ˈlɪmɪnəs/ (UK).
Words near moliminous in the dictionary
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