cumbrous
pronunciation
How to pronounce cumbrous in British English:
UK ['kʌmbrəs]
How to pronounce cumbrous in American English:
US ['kʌmbrəs]
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- Adjective:
- difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Word Origin
- cumbrous (adj.)
- late 14c., "cumbersome, troublesome, clumsy, unwieldy," from cumber + -ous.
Example
- 1. W ( double u ) has , of all the letters in our alphabet , the only cumbrous name , the names of the others being monosyllabic .
- 2. But old english speakers weren 't all that stupid and they quickly figured out how " cumbrous " this new letter w was so they pitched it and replaced it with another new letter with the same function .