different between onerous vs onus
onerous
English
Etymology
From Middle English onerous, from Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, from Latin onerosus (“burdensome”), from onus (“load”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n???s/, /???n???s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n???s/, /?o?n???s/
Adjective
onerous (comparative more onerous, superlative most onerous)
- imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
- 1820, Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow":
- That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.
- 1910, Jack London, "The Golden Poppy" in Revolution and Other Essays:
- [I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.
- 1820, Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow":
Synonyms
- (burdensome): demanding, difficult, taxing, wearing
Derived terms
- onerously
Related terms
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- honerous, onerose, onerouse
Etymology
From Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, from Latin onerosus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??ru?s/, /??n?rus/
Adjective
onerous
- (Late Middle English) onerous
Descendants
- English: onerous
References
- “oner?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-7.
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onus
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???n?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?n?s/
- Rhymes: -??n?s
Noun
onus (countable and uncountable, plural onuses or onera)
- A legal obligation.
- (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi.
- Stigma.
- Blame.
- Responsibility; burden.
Translations
Anagrams
- Onsu, Osun, Suon, UNOS, Unos, nous, ouns
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).
Pronunciation
Noun
onus m (plural onussen or oni, diminutive onusje n)
- burden
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?os from *h?enh?-. Cognate to Sanskrit ???? (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”). See Ancient Greek ?????? (ónomai, “impugn, quarrel with”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?o.nus/, [??n?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?o.nus/, [???nus]
Noun
onus n (genitive oneris); third declension
- burden, load
- cargo, freight
- (figuratively) tax, tax burden
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- oner?
- onustus
- onus proband?
Descendants
- Dutch: onus
- English: onus
- Italian: onere
- Portuguese: ónus
References
- onus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- onus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- onus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- onus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
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