Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cumbrous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.

He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.

That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.

2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]

A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser.
-- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cumbrous
adj : difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
protective clothing" [syn: {cumbersome}]


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