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English
Etymology
From Middle English acombrous, encomberous, encombrous, encomerous, encoumberouse, encoumbrous, encumbrous, from Old French encombros. By surface analysis, encumber + ous.
Adjective
encumbrous (comparative more encumbrous, superlative most encumbrous)
- (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.[1]
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References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.