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cumber-world

cumber-world is the alternative form of cumberworld.

Meaning of cumberworld

Noun

cumberworld (plural cumberworlds)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
    • A cumber-world, yet in the world am left, / A fruitles plot, with brambles ouergrowne, / Miſliued man of my vvorlds ioy bereft, / Hart-breaking cares the ofspring of my mone.1593, Michael Drayton, “The Second Eglog”, in Idea the Shepheards Garland, […], London: […] [T. Orwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, […], →OCLC, page 6
    Synonyms:
    cumberground

Forms of cumber-world

pluralcumber-worlds

Questions about cumber-world

What is cumber-world the alternative form of?
Cumber-world is the alternative form of cumberworld.

Words near cumber-world in the dictionary

  1. cumbent
  2. cumber
  3. cumber ground
  4. cumber grounds
  5. cumber-ground
  6. cumber-world
  7. cumber-worlds
  8. Cumberbabe
  9. Cumberbabes
  10. Cumberbabies
  11. Cumberbaby

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