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encombrous

encombrous is the alternative form of incumbrous.

Meaning of incumbrous

Adjective

incumbrous (comparative more incumbrous, superlative most incumbrous)

  1. (obsolete) cumbersome; troublesome
    • Incumbrous ruin1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC

Forms of encombrous

comparativemore encombrous
superlativemost encombrous

Questions about encombrous

What is encombrous the alternative form of?
Encombrous is the alternative form of incumbrous.

Words near encombrous in the dictionary

  1. encolures
  2. encomber
  3. encombered
  4. encombering
  5. encombers
  6. encombrous
  7. encomendero
  8. encomenderos
  9. encomia
  10. encomial
  11. encomiast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encombrous (page history and authors); incumbrous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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