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founderous

/ˈfaʊndəɹəs/

founderous adjective: difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.

Adjective

founderous (comparative more founderous, superlative most founderous)

  1. (archaic) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.
    • I have travelled through the negotiation, — and a sad, founderous road it is.1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]

Forms of founderous

comparativemore founderous
superlativemost founderous

Origin of founderous

From founder + -ous.

Questions about founderous

What does founderous mean?
Founderous means difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.
What part of speech is founderous?
Founderous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce founderous?
Founderous is pronounced /ˈfaʊndəɹəs/.

Words near founderous in the dictionary

  1. foundereth
  2. founderies
  3. foundering
  4. founderings
  5. founderitis
  6. founderous
  7. founders
  8. foundership
  9. founderships
  10. foundery
  11. foundest

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