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encumbrous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-cum-brous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English acombrous, encomberous, encombrous, encomerous, encoumberouse, encoumbrous, encumbrous, from Old French encombros. By surface analysis, encumber + ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: acombrous, encombros

Usage

Inflected Forms

more encumbrous (comparative) most encumbrous (superlative)

Synonyms

burdensome cumbrous

Questions

What does encumbrous mean?
Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.
Where does encumbrous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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