cumbrous

[Eng. cumber; -ous.] 1. Burdensome, weighty, oppre ive; embarra ing by reason of weight. "The strong and cumbrous arms the valiant wield, The weaker warrior takes a lighter shield." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xiv. 441, 442 2. Causing trouble or annoyance; vexatious, an noying. "A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him molest, All striving to infixe their feeble stinges, That from their noyance he no where can rest. Spenser: F. Q., L1, 1. 23. IMG:content-1533.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1534.png:[blocks in formation] Capitals to every substantive are cumbrously intrusive [Eng. cumbrous; -ne .] upon eye."- Seward: Letters, i. 164.