cumbrous
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkʌmbɹəs/
cumbrous
- Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.
- 1727, Jonathan Swift, Desire and Possession
- He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.
- that cumbrous and unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively
- 1727, Jonathan Swift, Desire and Possession
- (obsolete) Giving trouble; vexatious.
- a cloud of cumbrous gnats
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