incumbrous

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English

Alternative forms

encombrous

Etymology

Compare Old French encombros.

Adjective

incumbrous (comparative more incumbrous, superlative most incumbrous)

(obsolete) cumbersome; troublesome
- 1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: [Samuel Richardson] for A Millar , and R Dodsley , published 1750, →OCLC:
  Incumbrous ruin

References

“incumbrous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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