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cumberworlds

cumberworlds is the plural 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

Questions about cumberworlds

What is cumberworlds the plural of?
Cumberworlds is the plural of cumberworld.

Words near cumberworlds in the dictionary

  1. cumbers
  2. cumbersome
  3. cumbersomely
  4. cumbersomeness
  5. cumberworld
  6. cumberworlds
  7. cumbi cumbi
  8. cumbia
  9. cumbias
  10. Cumbie
  11. Cumbo

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