CUMBROUS

cumbersome, cumbrous

(adjective) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; “a cumbersome piece of machinery”; “cumbrous protective clothing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cumbrous (comparative more cumbrous, superlative most cumbrous)

Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.

(obsolete) Giving trouble; vexatious.

A cloud of combrous gnattes do him molest

Source: Wiktionary


Cum"brous (km"brs), a.

1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.

2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] A clud of cumbrous gnats. Spenser.

– Cum"brous*ly, adv.

– Cum"brous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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