Encumberment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    encumbrance countable, uncountable

    "The paths of art, so choked and so dangerous, are, despite encumberment and obstacles, day by day more crowded, and consequently Bohemians were never more numerous."

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"The paths of art, so choked and so dangerous, are, despite encumberment and obstacles, day by day more crowded, and consequently Bohemians were never more numerous."

Etymology

From Middle English encombrement, from Old French encombrement. By surface analysis, encumber + -ment.

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