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  1. Topheavyadjective

    Having the upper part too weighty for the lower.

    Etymology: top and heavy.

    A roof should not be too heavy nor too light; but of the two extremes a house topheavy is the worst. Henry Wotton, Arch.

    Topheavy drones, and always looking down,
    As over-ballasted within the crown,
    Mutt’ring betwixt their lips some mystick thing. Dryden.

    As to stiff gales topheavy pines bow low
    Their heads, and lift them as they cease to blow. Alexander Pope.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of topheavy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of topheavy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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