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- Middle English · inherited fromcombre-world
- English todaycumberworld
From Middle English combre-world, combreworldes pl, from the phrase *combren the world; equivalent to cumber + world.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cumberworld
Today it means: Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing. Full definition →
Middle English combre-world