Gravitas
by ETR (09/1/2008)
“Gravitas” (GRAV-uh-tahs) - from the Latin for “heavy” - is high seriousness.
Example (as used by Benjamin Schwarz in The Atlantic): “And we want to tell our readers about sharp, clever books, utterly lacking in gravitas, that we know will delight them on the beach or the bus.”
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