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incumbrous

incumbrous adjective: cumbersome; troublesome.

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 incumbrous

comparativemore incumbrous
superlativemost incumbrous
alternative formencombrous

Origin of incumbrous

Compare Old French encombros.

Questions about incumbrous

What does incumbrous mean?
Incumbrous means cumbersome; troublesome.
What part of speech is incumbrous?
Incumbrous is an adjective.

Words near incumbrous in the dictionary

  1. incumbers
  2. incumbrance
  3. incumbrancer
  4. incumbrancers
  5. incumbrances
  6. incumbrous
  7. incunable
  8. incunables
  9. incunabula
  10. incunabular
  11. incunabulist

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