encumbrous

English

Etymology

From Middle English acombrous, encomberous, encombrous, encomerous, encoumberouse, encoumbrous, encumbrous, from Old French encombros. By surface analysis, encumber +‎ ous.

Adjective

encumbrous (comparative more encumbrous, superlative most encumbrous)

  1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.[1]

Synonyms

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.