charjous

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman chargeous; equivalent to chargen +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʃarˈdʒuːs/, /ˈtʃardʒus/

Adjective

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charjous

  1. heavy, burdensome
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·ii· 11:9, page 72r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      ⁊ whanne I was a mong ȝou ⁊ hadde nede .· I was chargeouſe to no man / foꝛ bꝛiþeren þat camen fro macedonye fulfilliden þat þat failide to me / ⁊ in alle þingis I haue kept and ſchal kepe me wiþouten charge to ȝou
      And when I was amongst you and felt need, I wasn't burdensome to anybody, because brothers who came from Macedonia provided whatever I didn't have. So in everything, I've kept, and will keep, myself from burdening you.

Descendants

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  • English: chargeous (obsolete)

References

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