equipondious
English
Etymology
From Latin aequipondium (“an equal weight”), from aequus (“equal”) + pondus (“weight”).
Adjective
equipondious (not comparable)
- (obsolete, rare) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica:
- On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from passionate disturbances
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for equipondious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)