encumbrous
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English acombrous, encomberous, encombrous, encomerous, encoumberouse, encoumbrous, encumbrous, from Old French encombros. By surface analysis, encumber + ous.
Adjective
[edit]encumbrous (comparative more encumbrous, superlative most encumbrous)
- (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.[1]
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.