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Today's Word "gravitas"

High seriousness on

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gravitas \GRAV-uh-tahs\ (noun) - High seriousness (as in a person's bearing or in the treatment of a subject).

"A man without gravitas was not fit to shoulder the weight of leadership. Nick wanted no part of gravitas. He wanted to be lighthearted..." -- Rick DeMarinis, 'Apocalypse Then'

 

Gravitas is from the Latin gravitas, "heaviness, seriousness," from gravis, "heavy, serious."


 

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