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Cumbrous (gcide) | Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.
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That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.
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2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
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A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser.
-- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.
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cumbrous (wn) | cumbrous
adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous] |
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Cumbrous (gcide) | Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.
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That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.
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2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
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A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser.
-- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.
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Cumbrously (gcide) | Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.
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That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.
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2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
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A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser.
-- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.
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Cumbrousness (gcide) | Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.
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That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.
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2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
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A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser.
-- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.
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Incumbrous (gcide) | Incumbrous \In*cum"brous\, a. [Cf. OF. encombros.]
Cumbersome; troublesome. [Written also encombrous.] [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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