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In some senses, cumbrous is marked as figuratively, literary, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
arm-chair, beneath
VERB + CUMBROUS
sunk
CUMBROUS + NOUN
ornaments, weight, workmanship
PREP.
off
adj
Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
Possession's load was grown so great, / He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight: […]
He therefore came to a ſudden reolution of throvving off thoſe cumbrous ornaments of learning, vvhich, as he imagined, hindered his reception; and vvith no other images than arcs and angles, commenced a man of vvit and jocularity.
Causing hindrance or obstruction.
But aftervvards, the Gauls ceaſed to moleſt and trouble, and the Romans gave over to fear, ſo ſoon as they vvere paſſed, and eſcaped the rough, cumbrous, and unpaſſable forreſts.
Giving annoyance or trouble; troublesome, vexatious.
A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him moleſt, / All ſtriuing to infixe their feeble ſtinges, / That from their noyance he no vvhere can reſt, / But vvith his clovvniſh hands their tender vvings, / He bruſheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Henceforth I flie not Death, nor would prolong / Life much, bent rather now I may be quit / Faireſt and eaſieſt of this combrous charge, / Which I muſt keep till my appointed day / Of rendring up.
adjective — difficult to handle or use especially because of size or wei
Possession's load was grown so great, / He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight: […]
WiktionaryHe therefore came to a ſudden reolution of throvving off thoſe cumbrous ornaments of learning, vvhich, as he imagined, hindered his reception; and vvith no other images than arcs and angles, commenced
WiktionaryThe rest of the furniture is in a suitable style, particularly an arm-chair of cumbrous workmanship, constructed of wood, curiously turned, with a high back and triangular seat, said to have been used
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In some senses, cumbrous is marked as figuratively, literary, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.