onerousadj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊn(ə)rəs/,

/ˈɒn(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈoʊnərəs/,

/ˈɑnərəs/

Forms: Middle English honerous, Middle English–1500s onerouse, Middle English– onerous; Scottish pre-1700 honorose, pre-1700 honourus, pre-1700 onerus, pre-1700 1700s– onerous.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French onéreux; Latin onerōsus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French onéreux burdensome, awkward (a1382 in Middle French as honereuse ), being in exchange for a consideration (1611 in Cotgrave) and its etymon classical Latin onerōsus heavy, weighty, burdensome, tiresome < oner- , onus onus n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare onerose adj.

a. Of the nature of a burden; burdensome; troublesome, tiresomely difficult.

ΘΚΠ

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

chargeous138.

onerous1395

chargeantc1400

onerable?a1475

importunable?c1485

chargeand1487

onerosea1500

chargeable1509

chargeful1529

burdenousa1535

onerarious1548

burdensome1578

loadsome1578

burdeninga1616

loading1625

12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 295 (MED) Meyntenaunce of þe proude prelacye..is multiplied to a gret charge and onerous [v.r. onerous to] puple her in Yngelonde.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5633 He nyl be importune Vnto no witte, ne honerous.

a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ (Cmb) 88 If þis lyve be onerouse and hevy, yette bi thi grace hit is fulle meritory.

1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 19 Dyuers constitucions..ouermuch onerous to his highnes and his subiectes.

a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. D.iij^v Where he whipt the sellers for their il ornation, It was not only for their indecent actes onerous, But signified our prelates with the whips of damnation, For selling Christes sheepe, and his doues most amorous.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. vii. 219 Ouercome and tormented with worldly cares, and onerous busines.

1688 W. Scott True Hist. 41 He be captivat for an onerous Cause.

1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 32 Called to any onerous service.

1799 C. Ludger Peevish Man iii. x. 76 But the Colonel talked of onerous debts; of a necessity of looking out for a rich wife.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 233 The duties of a wife..among Indians, are little less onerous than those of the packhorse.

1884 Truth 4 Sept. 374/1 The terms paid for accommodation were so onerous that the bargain had been a Shylockian one.

1938 E. Waugh Scoop 56 It is one of the pleasant if quite onerous duties of a man of my position to requite the services he receives.

1988 P. Gay Freud ii. 60 Most onerous of all, Martha Freud had to manage, over and over, one child's ailment after another.

2000 S. Poole Trigger Happy viii. 172 Role-playing videogames began as a technological prostheticisation of the Dungeons & Dragons boardgame, with the computer taking over the onerous duties of numerical calculation.

b. Of the nature of a legal burden or obligation; spec. unreasonably burdensome, involving obligations which outweigh the possible benefits.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > of nature of obligation

obligatory1502

onerous1539

obliging1638

1539 T. Elyot Let. to Cromwell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 117 Discharged without any recompence, rewarded only with the order of Knighthode, honorable and onerouse.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 16 A banish'd Person..retains all Things onerous to himself, as a Punishment for his Crime.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. Introd. To enforce that performance..from the person to whom it is onerous, that is, to whom it is commanded.

1898 T. T. Stoddart Crown Jewel iv. iv To the custodier of this onerous trust Our letters of relief will welcome prove.

1920 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 14 101 The Czecho-Slovak State and Poland undertake that..they will not impose..charges or restrictions on exportation different from or more onerous than those..to any other country.

1960 S. Unwin Truth about Publisher i. ix. 129 The final terms to which I agreed were onerous, and involved my taking great risks.

2000 Ann. Rep. & Accts. (Cable & Wireless) (Cable & Wireless) 63 Pension, redundancy payments and unfunded gratuities... Onerous contracts... Litigation claims.

2. Scots Law. Done or given for value received, being in exchange for a consideration (opposed to gratuitous); as in onerous consideration, onerous grant, onerous property, onerous title, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [adjective] > with or without consideration

onerous1606

gratuitous1773

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 190 All pactiounis, contractis [etc.]..maid be ony persoun, contenand na titill, neque onerosum, neque lucrativum, is simular, feinȝeit and null in the self.]

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix If rightly we reason the patronall right, their tittle being onerous and not lucratiue, they ought the Kirk a plane patrociny and protection of law.

1677 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Grandtully (1868) II. 232 In the surety the onerous cause is mentioned.

1722 T. Craig-Brown Hist. Selkirkshire (1886) II. 23 He created the clerk and his successors knights,..the onerous cause in the patent being for the good service done by Wm. Bryden, clerk of our burgh of Selkirk.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. iii. 129 If the grant be made for a valuable consideration, it is said to be onerous; if for love and favour, gratuitous.

1787 J. Beattie Scoticisms 63 An onerous contract, as buying and selling, barter, etc., is for the advantage of both the contracting parties.

1861 W. Bell Dict. Sc. Law 220/2 Where value in money, or goods, or services, has been given in return for the deed, the consideration is said to be onerous.

1861 W. Bell Dict. Sc. Law 221/1 A deed granted for a gratuitous consideration, where not struck at as a fraud against onerous creditors, is as effectual as a deed granted for a valuable consideration.

1883 Law Times 10 Nov. 22/2 The 23rd section..provides for disclaimer of onerous property.

1994 Sc. Law Times Rep. 1178 This principle applied both against the wrong heir and also against any bona fide onerous third parties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	onerous
释义	onerousadj. Brit. /ˈəʊn(ə)rəs/, /ˈɒn(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈoʊnərəs/, /ˈɑnərəs/ Forms: Middle English honerous, Middle English–1500s onerouse, Middle English– onerous; Scottish pre-1700 honorose, pre-1700 honourus, pre-1700 onerus, pre-1700 1700s– onerous. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French onéreux; Latin onerōsus. Etymology: < Middle French, French onéreux burdensome, awkward (a1382 in Middle French as honereuse ), being in exchange for a consideration (1611 in Cotgrave) and its etymon classical Latin onerōsus heavy, weighty, burdensome, tiresome < oner- , onus onus n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare onerose adj. 1. a. Of the nature of a burden; burdensome; troublesome, tiresomely difficult. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening chargeous138. onerous1395 chargeantc1400 onerable?a1475 importunable?c1485 chargeand1487 onerosea1500 chargeable1509 chargeful1529 burdenousa1535 onerarious1548 burdensome1578 loadsome1578 burdeninga1616 loading1625 12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 295 (MED) Meyntenaunce of þe proude prelacye..is multiplied to a gret charge and onerous [v.r. onerous to] puple her in Yngelonde. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5633 He nyl be importune Vnto no witte, ne honerous. a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ (Cmb) 88 If þis lyve be onerouse and hevy, yette bi thi grace hit is fulle meritory. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 19 Dyuers constitucions..ouermuch onerous to his highnes and his subiectes. a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. D.iij^v Where he whipt the sellers for their il ornation, It was not only for their indecent actes onerous, But signified our prelates with the whips of damnation, For selling Christes sheepe, and his doues most amorous. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. vii. 219 Ouercome and tormented with worldly cares, and onerous busines. 1688 W. Scott True Hist. 41 He be captivat for an onerous Cause. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 32 Called to any onerous service. 1799 C. Ludger Peevish Man iii. x. 76 But the Colonel talked of onerous debts; of a necessity of looking out for a rich wife. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 233 The duties of a wife..among Indians, are little less onerous than those of the packhorse. 1884 Truth 4 Sept. 374/1 The terms paid for accommodation were so onerous that the bargain had been a Shylockian one. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop 56 It is one of the pleasant if quite onerous duties of a man of my position to requite the services he receives. 1988 P. Gay Freud ii. 60 Most onerous of all, Martha Freud had to manage, over and over, one child's ailment after another. 2000 S. Poole Trigger Happy viii. 172 Role-playing videogames began as a technological prostheticisation of the Dungeons & Dragons boardgame, with the computer taking over the onerous duties of numerical calculation. b. Of the nature of a legal burden or obligation; spec. unreasonably burdensome, involving obligations which outweigh the possible benefits. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > of nature of obligation obligatory1502 onerous1539 obliging1638 1539 T. Elyot Let. to Cromwell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 117 Discharged without any recompence, rewarded only with the order of Knighthode, honorable and onerouse. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 16 A banish'd Person..retains all Things onerous to himself, as a Punishment for his Crime. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. Introd. To enforce that performance..from the person to whom it is onerous, that is, to whom it is commanded. 1898 T. T. Stoddart Crown Jewel iv. iv To the custodier of this onerous trust Our letters of relief will welcome prove. 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 14 101 The Czecho-Slovak State and Poland undertake that..they will not impose..charges or restrictions on exportation different from or more onerous than those..to any other country. 1960 S. Unwin Truth about Publisher i. ix. 129 The final terms to which I agreed were onerous, and involved my taking great risks. 2000 Ann. Rep. & Accts. (Cable & Wireless) (Cable & Wireless) 63 Pension, redundancy payments and unfunded gratuities... Onerous contracts... Litigation claims. 2. Scots Law. Done or given for value received, being in exchange for a consideration (opposed to gratuitous); as in onerous consideration, onerous grant, onerous property, onerous title, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [adjective] > with or without consideration onerous1606 gratuitous1773 c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 190 All pactiounis, contractis [etc.]..maid be ony persoun, contenand na titill, neque onerosum, neque lucrativum, is simular, feinȝeit and null in the self.] 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix If rightly we reason the patronall right, their tittle being onerous and not lucratiue, they ought the Kirk a plane patrociny and protection of law. 1677 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Grandtully (1868) II. 232 In the surety the onerous cause is mentioned. 1722 T. Craig-Brown Hist. Selkirkshire (1886) II. 23 He created the clerk and his successors knights,..the onerous cause in the patent being for the good service done by Wm. Bryden, clerk of our burgh of Selkirk. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. iii. 129 If the grant be made for a valuable consideration, it is said to be onerous; if for love and favour, gratuitous. 1787 J. Beattie Scoticisms 63 An onerous contract, as buying and selling, barter, etc., is for the advantage of both the contracting parties. 1861 W. Bell Dict. Sc. Law 220/2 Where value in money, or goods, or services, has been given in return for the deed, the consideration is said to be onerous. 1861 W. Bell Dict. Sc. Law 221/1 A deed granted for a gratuitous consideration, where not struck at as a fraud against onerous creditors, is as effectual as a deed granted for a valuable consideration. 1883 Law Times 10 Nov. 22/2 The 23rd section..provides for disclaimer of onerous property. 1994 Sc. Law Times Rep. 1178 This principle applied both against the wrong heir and also against any bona fide onerous third parties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1395
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