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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. --De Quincey. 2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser. -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cumbrous adj : difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: {cumbersome}]
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