English

Adjective

preponderant ‎(comparative more preponderant, superlative most preponderant)

1. Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing.

   a preponderant weight;   a topic of preponderant importance‎

   • 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:

     Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

References

• preponderant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913