onerous (oner us)

[ some; oppre ive. He nil be importune Unto no wight, ne honerous . Rom . of the Rose , 1. 5633. Tormented with worldly cares and onerous busine . Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 171. 2. In Scots law, imposing a burden in return for an advantage; being for a consideration: as, an onerous contract: opposed to gratuitous. - Onerous cause, in Scots law, a good and legal consideration. -Onerous title, in Sp. Mex. law, a title created by valuable consideration, as the payment of money, the rendering of services, and the like, or by the performance of conditions or payment of charges to which the property was subject. Platt. =Syn. 1. Heavy, weighty, toilsome. onerously (on'e-rus-li), adv. In an onerous manner; so as to be burdensome; oppre ively. onerousne (on'e-rus-nes), n. The character of being onerous; oppre ive operation; bur den some ne .