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Source: gcide
Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.

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He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.

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That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.

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2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]

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A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser.
-- {Cumbrous*ly}, adv. -- {Cumbrous*ness}, n.

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