What does "cumberworld" mean?

Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.

What is a synonym for "cumberworld"?

Common synonyms include: cumberground, cumberground.

Cumberworld

noun

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Noun

1
Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing. derogatory, obsolete
"A cumber-world, yet in the world am left, / A fruitles plot, with brambles ouergrowne, / Miſliued man of my vvorlds ioy bereft, / Hart-breaking cares the ofspring of my mone."

Synonyms

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cumberground cumberground

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"A cumber-world, yet in the world am left, / A fruitles plot, with brambles ouergrowne, / Miſliued man of my vvorlds ioy bereft, / Hart-breaking cares the ofspring of my mone."

Etymology

From Middle English combre-world, combreworldes pl, from the phrase *combren the world; equivalent to cumber + world.

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