† cumbrancen.

Forms: Also comber-, combr-, -ance, -aunce, etc.

Etymology: < cumber v. + -ance suffix: compare accumbrance n., encumbrance n.

Obsolete.

1. The action of ‘cumbering’; ? overcoming, vanquishing: or ? entanglement, temptation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > specifically of the devil

cumbermentc1300

cumbrance1303

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1019 To many on comyþ þarfore evyl Þurghe cumberaunce of þe devyl.

c1420 Metr. St. Kath. (Halliw.) 18 Thou have them fro the fendys comberauns!

1493 Festivall (1515) 33 To kepe them from combraunce of the fende that they falle not in to deedly synne.

a. The action of troubling or harassing; trouble, distress, annoyance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment

baiting1303

cumbrance1377

persecutiona1382

pursuita1387

aggrievancea1400

vexing?a1425

molestation1435

stroublance1439

inquietation1461

distrouble1483

infestance1490

encumberment1509

molesting1523

vexationa1525

inquieting1527

inquietance1531

molestie1532

infestationc1540

moiling1565

plaguing1566

pesterment1593

commacerating1599

molestance1642

harass1667

harassing1689

harassment1753

aggrievement1778

badgering1785

pesteration1802

bedevilment1844

worrying1848

tail-twisting1887

bloodhounding1891

aggravation1902

static1923

crap1935

hassle1969

monstering1979

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 265 Care and combraunce is comen to vs alle.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 4 Kark & combraunce huge.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 89 Comerawnce, vexacio.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 19 To kepe and waraunt thee..from evyl, and from any combraunce.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 429 Drewedes with bibill, bell and buik..Witht cruell cursing and with cummerance Thair wareit hes rycht rudlie the Romans.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 81 There is no felicitie..which is not darkened with some clowde of combrance and aduersitie.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xix. 261 The armie will be very heterogeneous..which must needs occasion much cumbrance.

b. Trouble of mind; perplexity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]

mingingOE

riddleOE

cumbermentc1300

willa1325

encumbrancec1330

were1338

perplexitya1393

discomfiturea1425

cumbrancec1460

confuse1483

proplexity1487

perplexion?c1500

amazedness?1520

amazement1553

subversion1558

amaze?1560

perplexednessa1586

confusedness1587

puzzle1599

confusion1600

mizmaze1604

discomfita1616

embarras1627

obfuscation1628

mystery1629

confoundedness1641

puzzledness1662

confuseness1710

puzzlement1731

puzzledom1748

embarrassment1751

puzzleation1767

bepuzzlement1806

conjecture1815

mystification1817

bewilderment1819

perplexment1826

fuddle1827

wilderment1830

discomforture1832

head-scratching1832

baffle1843

posement1850

muddlement1857

turbidity1868

fogging1878

bemuddlement1884

harl1889

befuddlement1905

turbidness1906

wuzziness1942

perplexability1999

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1086 A merchalle is put oft tymes in gret comberaunce For som lordes þat ar of blod royalle & litelle of lyvelode per chaunce, And some of gret lyvelode & no blode royalle.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 37 As it is very hard to know, so doth it bring more businesse and comberance to some wittes than is expedient.

c. A cause of trouble or annoyance; a trouble.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation

thornc1230

dreicha1275

painc1375

cumbrance1377

diseasec1386

a hair in one's necka1450

molestationc1460

incommodity?a1475

melancholya1475

ensoigne1477

annoyance1502

traik1513

incommode1518

corsie1548

eyesore1548

fashery1558

cross1573

spite1577

corrosive1578

wasp1588

cumber1589

infliction1590

gall1591

distaste1602

plague1604

rub1642

disaccommodation1645

disgust1654

annoyment1659

bogle1663

rubber1699

noyancea1715

chagrins1716

ruffle1718

fasha1796

nuisance1814

vex1815

drag1857

bugbear1880

nark1918

pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933

sod1940

chizz1953

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 46 Catel and kynde witte [1393 C. xiii. 245 So couetise of catel] was combraunce to hem alle.

1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catech. (1853) 178 The incommodities and cumbrances that light upon us in this life.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. T4 Lest they take detriment by the aforesaid cumbrances.

a. The action of hindering, encumbering, or burdening, or state of being hindered, etc.; hindrance, burden, encumbrance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment

cumbermentc1300

accumbrancec1330

encumbermentc1330

cumbrance1535

pesterance1548

pestering1552

cumbera1618

embarrassment1689

hampering1812

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. i. 12 How can I alone beare soche combraunce, and charge, and stryfe amonge you?

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars iii. lxi. 68 T' auoyd the cumbrance of each hindring doubt.

1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses & Bk. Psalmes Deut. i. 12 By your cumbrance, understand, the cumbrance that commeth unto me by you.

b. That which encumbers; an encumbrance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who

encumberc1330

cumberc1425

cumbererc1450

encumbrance1535

encumbry1546

pesterance1548

burdener1552

pester1569

cloyance1593

encumberment1600

impedimenta1600

pesterer1611

baggage1612

luggage1614

cumbrance1645

embarrassment1676

downdraughta1681

hamperera1837

cumberment1840

cloyer1842

1645 J. Fary Gods Severity 26 A fruitlesse Christian is a very burthen and cumbrance to the place hee lives in.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 5 In transplanting, and removing cumbrances.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 454 Extol not Riches then..The wise mans cumbrance if not snare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cumbrance
释义	† cumbrancen. Forms: Also comber-, combr-, -ance, -aunce, etc. Etymology: < cumber v. + -ance suffix: compare accumbrance n., encumbrance n. Obsolete. 1. The action of ‘cumbering’; ? overcoming, vanquishing: or ? entanglement, temptation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > specifically of the devil cumbermentc1300 cumbrance1303 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1019 To many on comyþ þarfore evyl Þurghe cumberaunce of þe devyl. c1420 Metr. St. Kath. (Halliw.) 18 Thou have them fro the fendys comberauns! 1493 Festivall (1515) 33 To kepe them from combraunce of the fende that they falle not in to deedly synne. 2. a. The action of troubling or harassing; trouble, distress, annoyance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment baiting1303 cumbrance1377 persecutiona1382 pursuita1387 aggrievancea1400 vexing?a1425 molestation1435 stroublance1439 inquietation1461 distrouble1483 infestance1490 encumberment1509 molesting1523 vexationa1525 inquieting1527 inquietance1531 molestie1532 infestationc1540 moiling1565 plaguing1566 pesterment1593 commacerating1599 molestance1642 harass1667 harassing1689 harassment1753 aggrievement1778 badgering1785 pesteration1802 bedevilment1844 worrying1848 tail-twisting1887 bloodhounding1891 aggravation1902 static1923 crap1935 hassle1969 monstering1979 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 265 Care and combraunce is comen to vs alle. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 4 Kark & combraunce huge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 89 Comerawnce, vexacio. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 19 To kepe and waraunt thee..from evyl, and from any combraunce. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 429 Drewedes with bibill, bell and buik..Witht cruell cursing and with cummerance Thair wareit hes rycht rudlie the Romans. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 81 There is no felicitie..which is not darkened with some clowde of combrance and aduersitie. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xix. 261 The armie will be very heterogeneous..which must needs occasion much cumbrance. b. Trouble of mind; perplexity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1086 A merchalle is put oft tymes in gret comberaunce For som lordes þat ar of blod royalle & litelle of lyvelode per chaunce, And some of gret lyvelode & no blode royalle. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 37 As it is very hard to know, so doth it bring more businesse and comberance to some wittes than is expedient. c. A cause of trouble or annoyance; a trouble. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation thornc1230 dreicha1275 painc1375 cumbrance1377 diseasec1386 a hair in one's necka1450 molestationc1460 incommodity?a1475 melancholya1475 ensoigne1477 annoyance1502 traik1513 incommode1518 corsie1548 eyesore1548 fashery1558 cross1573 spite1577 corrosive1578 wasp1588 cumber1589 infliction1590 gall1591 distaste1602 plague1604 rub1642 disaccommodation1645 disgust1654 annoyment1659 bogle1663 rubber1699 noyancea1715 chagrins1716 ruffle1718 fasha1796 nuisance1814 vex1815 drag1857 bugbear1880 nark1918 pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933 sod1940 chizz1953 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 46 Catel and kynde witte [1393 C. xiii. 245 So couetise of catel] was combraunce to hem alle. 1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catech. (1853) 178 The incommodities and cumbrances that light upon us in this life. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. T4 Lest they take detriment by the aforesaid cumbrances. 3. a. The action of hindering, encumbering, or burdening, or state of being hindered, etc.; hindrance, burden, encumbrance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment cumbermentc1300 accumbrancec1330 encumbermentc1330 cumbrance1535 pesterance1548 pestering1552 cumbera1618 embarrassment1689 hampering1812 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. i. 12 How can I alone beare soche combraunce, and charge, and stryfe amonge you? 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars iii. lxi. 68 T' auoyd the cumbrance of each hindring doubt. 1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses & Bk. Psalmes Deut. i. 12 By your cumbrance, understand, the cumbrance that commeth unto me by you. b. That which encumbers; an encumbrance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who encumberc1330 cumberc1425 cumbererc1450 encumbrance1535 encumbry1546 pesterance1548 burdener1552 pester1569 cloyance1593 encumberment1600 impedimenta1600 pesterer1611 baggage1612 luggage1614 cumbrance1645 embarrassment1676 downdraughta1681 hamperera1837 cumberment1840 cloyer1842 1645 J. Fary Gods Severity 26 A fruitlesse Christian is a very burthen and cumbrance to the place hee lives in. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 5 In transplanting, and removing cumbrances. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 454 Extol not Riches then..The wise mans cumbrance if not snare. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1303
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