moliminous
English
editEtymology
editFrom (the stem of) Latin mōlīmen (“effort”) + -ous.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmoliminous (not comparable)
- (now rare, archaic) Momentous, weighty.
- 1653, Marchamont Nedham, A True State of the Case of the Commonwealth:
- 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 […] .
- 1660, Henry More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness, I.7.i:
- 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.
- 1992, Sabrina P Ramet, Nationalism and Federalism in Yugoslavia, 1962-1991:
- But it had moliminous ramifications in the political system in two respects […] .
- (now rare, archaic) Laborious, involving or exerting great effort; arduous.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, volume IV, London, published 1820:
- And thus may the slow and imperfect wits of mortals be satisfied, that Providence to the Deity is no moliminous, laborious and distractious thing.
- 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:
- All natural logick of expression in the elements is made thereby interrupted and most obscure, howe’er so skilled and moliminous the adeptist.
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