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weighty
- /ˈweɪti/
Rhymes with -eɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y.
Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vigtig, Swedish viktig.
Compare typologically Russian ве́ский (véskij), весо́мый (vesómyj) (< вес (ves)). Also compare the same meaning development from cognate (by borrowing) Polish waga (< ... < Proto-Germanic *wēgō): ważny (whence Russian ва́жный (vážnyj)).
adjective weightier · weightiest · weightie
- Having a lot of weight; heavy. And so a weighty rock she aimed / With much enthusiasm
- Important; serious; not trivial or petty. a weighty argument
- Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
