What does "encumbrous" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "encumbrous"?

Common synonyms include: burdensome, burdensome, cumbrous.

Encumbrous

adj

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Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome. obsolete

Synonyms

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burdensome burdensome cumbrous

Etymology

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

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