cumbrousadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌmbrəs/, U.S.

/ˈkəmbrəs/

Forms: Middle English–1600s cumberous, (1700s cumb'rous), Middle English Scottish cumrouss, Middle English comberus, comberose, comborous, comerus, comorows, cumbrusse, Middle English–1500s comerous, Middle English–1600s comberous, combrous, 1500s commerous(e, cummerouse, coumbreous, Middle English– cumbrous.

Etymology: < cumber n. + -ous suffix: compare obsolete French combreux (Palsgrave).

†1. Presenting obstruction; difficult of passage or access; = cumbersome adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > with difficulty

cumbersome1487

cumbrous1487

uneasya1566

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 25 Ane montane..So cumrous [1489 Adv. combrowss], and ek so stay, That it wes hard to pas that way.

1494 Will of Julyan Shaa (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 170^v Noyous & comberus high weyes.

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. To Rdr. The way muste needes be comberous, wher none hathe gone before.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xxv. 407 The rough, comberous, and unpassable forests [L. saltu invio atque impedito].

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 101 Among the combrous Brakes.

1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 107 Now o'er the cumbrous hills began to creep A thin and watery light.

†2. Causing trouble, distress, or annoyance; full of trouble or care; troublesome; harassing; wearisome, oppressive; = cumbersome adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious

angeeOE

swinkfuleOE

plightlyOE

teenfulOE

contrariousc1320

drefa1325

troublinga1325

despitousa1340

thornya1340

discomfortablec1350

troublablec1374

noyousa1382

noyfulc1384

diseasy1387

angrya1393

painful1395

hackinga1400

annoying?c1400

annoyousc1400

cumbrousc1400

teenc1400

annoyfulc1405

sputousc1420

diseasefula1425

molest?a1425

noying?a1425

noisomea1450

grievingc1450

tedious?1454

troublous1463

noisantc1475

displeasant1481

strouble1488

nuisant1494

noyanta1500

irksome1513

sturting1513

molestious1524

vexatious1534

cumbersome1535

uncommodious1541

spiteful1548

vexing?1548

incommodious1551

molestous1555

diseasing1558

grating1563

pestilent1565

sturtsome1570

molestuousa1572

troublesome1573

murrain1575

discommodable1579

galling1583

spiny1586

unsupportable1586

troubleful1588

plaguey1594

distressingc1595

molestful1596

molesting1598

vexful1598

fretful1603

briery1604

bemadding1608

mortifying1611

tiry1611

distressfula1616

irking1629

angersome1649

disobliging1652

discomforting1654

incomfortable1655

incommode1672

ruffling1680

unconvenient1683

pestifying1716

trying1718

offending1726

bothering1765

pesky1775

weary1785

sturty1788

unaccommodating1790

tiresome1798

werriting1808

bothersome1817

plaguesome1828

pestilential1833

fretsome1834

languorous1834

pesty1834

pestersome1843

nettlesome1845

miserable1850

niggling1854

distempering1855

be-maddeninga1861

nattery1873

nagging1883

pestiferous1890

trouble-giving1893

maddening1896

molestive1905

nuisancy1906

balls-aching?1912

nuisance1922

nattering1949

noodgy1969

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

cockish1996

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxvii. 272 Many oþer marueyles ben þere, þat it were to combrous and to long to putten it in scripture of bokes.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 134 A dysshese she had ful comerous.

1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. R.vii I shall haue a combrouse worke to doo.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A6 A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him molest.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 549 How I may be quit Fairest and easiest of this combrous charge.

a. Troublesome from bulk or heaviness; burdensome, unwieldy, clumsy; = cumbersome adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering

cumbrousa1400

accumbrousa1450

pesterable1540

pesterous1548

clogginga1568

cumbersome1594

pestering1606

encumbering1641

cloying1647

hampering1812

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy

unridec1175

un-i-weldec1275

boistous?a1400

cumbrousa1400

roida1450

clubbishc1530

lumpish?1573

bouncing1579

unwieldy1582

boisterous1590

unfeirdyc1590

lumbering1593

cumbersome1594

elephantic1598

elephant-likea1603

moliminous1642

clumpish1681

rhinocerical1689

hulking1699

hulky1785

lumberly1805

elephantine1826

rhinocerial1828

lumbersome1834

clumpy1836

lumbrous1836

hippopotamic1853

hippopotamian1864

megatherial1894

hippopotamine1911

a1400 Pistel of Susan 224 Vr copus weore cumberous, and cundelet vs care.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxxv The other [ordenaunce] that were heuy & Cumbrusse he lefte behynde hym.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 361 Certeyne lyttle clockes..the whiche..are not comberous to be caryed abowt.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 2) II. v. 314 I hate the cumbrous chariots slow advance.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. iv. 211 Armour..Cumbrous of size, uncouth to sight.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 144 A currency 15½ times as heavy and cumbrous.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 179. ⁋11 Throwing off those cumbrous ornaments of learning.

1835 T. Arnold Let. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. vii. 424 To correct the style where it is cumbrous or incorrect.

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lii. 343 The cumbrous machinery of rite and ceremony.

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

单词	cumbrous
释义	cumbrousadj. Brit. /ˈkʌmbrəs/, U.S. /ˈkəmbrəs/ Forms: Middle English–1600s cumberous, (1700s cumb'rous), Middle English Scottish cumrouss, Middle English comberus, comberose, comborous, comerus, comorows, cumbrusse, Middle English–1500s comerous, Middle English–1600s comberous, combrous, 1500s commerous(e, cummerouse, coumbreous, Middle English– cumbrous. Etymology: < cumber n. + -ous suffix: compare obsolete French combreux (Palsgrave). †1. Presenting obstruction; difficult of passage or access; = cumbersome adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > with difficulty cumbersome1487 cumbrous1487 uneasya1566 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 25 Ane montane..So cumrous [1489 Adv. combrowss], and ek so stay, That it wes hard to pas that way. 1494 Will of Julyan Shaa (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 170^v Noyous & comberus high weyes. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. To Rdr. The way muste needes be comberous, wher none hathe gone before. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xxv. 407 The rough, comberous, and unpassable forests [L. saltu invio atque impedito]. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 101 Among the combrous Brakes. 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 107 Now o'er the cumbrous hills began to creep A thin and watery light. †2. Causing trouble, distress, or annoyance; full of trouble or care; troublesome; harassing; wearisome, oppressive; = cumbersome adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxvii. 272 Many oþer marueyles ben þere, þat it were to combrous and to long to putten it in scripture of bokes. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 134 A dysshese she had ful comerous. 1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. R.vii I shall haue a combrouse worke to doo. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A6 A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him molest. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 549 How I may be quit Fairest and easiest of this combrous charge. View more context for this quotation 3. a. Troublesome from bulk or heaviness; burdensome, unwieldy, clumsy; = cumbersome adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering cumbrousa1400 accumbrousa1450 pesterable1540 pesterous1548 clogginga1568 cumbersome1594 pestering1606 encumbering1641 cloying1647 hampering1812 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 a1400 Pistel of Susan 224 Vr copus weore cumberous, and cundelet vs care. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxxv The other [ordenaunce] that were heuy & Cumbrusse he lefte behynde hym. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 361 Certeyne lyttle clockes..the whiche..are not comberous to be caryed abowt. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 2) II. v. 314 I hate the cumbrous chariots slow advance. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. iv. 211 Armour..Cumbrous of size, uncouth to sight. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 144 A currency 15½ times as heavy and cumbrous. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 179. ⁋11 Throwing off those cumbrous ornaments of learning. 1835 T. Arnold Let. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. vii. 424 To correct the style where it is cumbrous or incorrect. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lii. 343 The cumbrous machinery of rite and ceremony. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400
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