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† ˈburdenous, ˈburthenous, a. Obs.
Forms: α. 6 burthyn-, burthenouse, 7 bourthenous, 6–7 burthenous. β. 6 bourdenous, -dynous, -daynouse, burdeinous, -deynous(e, 6–7 burdnous, 6– burdenous.
[f. burden n. + -ous, after words from Latin; cf. onerous.]
1. Constituting a burden, burdensome.
a. lit. Heavy, ponderous.
1529More Dial. Heresyes ii. Wks. (1557) 188/2 Aungels..vncharged of all bourdynous fleshe and bones. 1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs in Arb. Garner III. 256 A wheel which they [dogs] turn..by the moving of their burthenous bodies. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 9 Anie burthenous weight. 1632Brome North. Lasse i. vii, When you groan beneath your burdenous charge.
b. fig. Onerous, cumbersome; oppressive.
1534More Comf. agst. Trib. i. Wks. 1150/2 Job..in..his dispicions with his burdenous comforters. 1567Drant Horace's Epist. i. xiii, If that my booke be burthenouse. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, ii. i. 260 His burthenous taxations. 1657Cokaine Obstin. Lady Poems (1669) 341 The burthenous draught Of misery. 1671Milton Samson 567 To sit idle on the household hearth, A burdenous drone.
†2. Burdened, oppressed. rare.
1614R. Tailor Hog hath lost Pearl iv. in Dodsley (1780) VI. 421 My burthenous conscience was so fraught with Sin. 1812W. Tennant Anster F. vi. xiii, The burdenous and bustling multitude.
Hence ˈburdenously adv.
1556J. Heywood Spider & Flie xci. 25 Ye finalli, burdenuslie, Burdend the flie. |