Complete Definition of "cumbrous"

English
Etymology
From cumber + -ous.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�k�mbɹ�s/

Adjective
en-adj

  1. unwieldy|Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.

#*1946: In the course of thousands of years, this cumbrous system developed into alphabetic writing. � Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, ch. 1

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