Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Equiponderant



equiponderant \ˌe-kwə-ˈpän-d(ə-)rənt\ adjective: evenly balanced

Etymology: Medieval Latin aequiponderare, from Latin aequi- equal + ponderare to weigh

It is efficient to possess a word that can otherwise only be expressed as a ponderous phrase, but equiponderant is just as syllabically concise as its definition.

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