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Webster 1913 Edition
Cumbrous
Cum′brous
(k?m′br?s)
, Adj.
1.
Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
He sunk beneath the
cumbrous
weight. Swift.
That
cumbrous
and unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.
2.
Giving trouble; vexatious.
[Obs.]
– Cum′brous-ly
, adv.
Cum′brous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cumbrous
CUMBROUS
,Adj.
1.
Burdensome; troublesome; rendering action difficult or toilsome; oppressive; as a cumbrous weight or charge.2.
Giving trouble; vexatious; as a cloud of cumbrous gnats.3.
Confused; jumbled; obstructing each other; as the cumbrous elements.Definition 2024
cumbrous
cumbrous
English
Adjective
cumbrous (comparative more cumbrous, superlative most cumbrous)
- Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.
- He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. — Swift.
- That cumbrous and unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. — De Quincey.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, ch. 1
- In the course of thousands of years, this cumbrous system developed into alphabetic writing.
- (obsolete) Giving trouble; vexatious.
- A cloud of cumbrous gnats. — Spenser.