Cumbrous

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkÊŒmbɹəs/

Origin

From cumber + -ous.

Full definition of cumbrous

Adjective

1. Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. — Swift.That cumbrous and unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. — De Quincey.
• 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, ch. 1In the course of thousands of years, this cumbrous system developed into alphabetic writing.
2. (obsolete) Giving trouble; vexatious.A cloud of cumbrous gnats. — Spenser.