cumbrous.
Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
Meaning & usage
Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
Causing hindrance or obstruction.
Giving annoyance or trouble; troublesome, vexatious.
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle English combrous (“causing obstruction; clumsy; obstructed; bothersome, difficult; burdensome, onerous; serious; causing trouble, troublesome; dangerous; immoral; unjust, wrongful; upset”) [and other forms], from komber, kumbre (“distress; destruction”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as cumber + -ous.
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