Today's Word "gravitas"
Published in Vocabulary
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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