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cumbrous

English

Etymology

cumber +? -ous

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?mb??s/

Adjective

cumbrous (comparative more cumbrous, superlative most cumbrous)

  1. Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.
    • 1727, Jonathan Swift, Desire and Possession
      He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.
    • 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Style (published in Blackwood's Magazine)
      that cumbrous and unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively
  2. (obsolete) Giving trouble; vexatious.

References

  • “cumbrous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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cumberground

English

Alternative forms

  • cumber-ground
  • cumber ground

Etymology

cumber +? ground, in reference to the Bible, Luke 13:7.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k?m.b?.??a?nd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?k?m.b?.??a?nd/

Noun

cumberground (plural cumbergrounds)

  1. (obsolete) Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.

Synonyms

  • cumberworld

Related terms

  • cumbersome
  • cumbrous
  • encumbrance

Translations

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