Meanings
adjectiveincumbrous (comparative more incumbrous, superlative most incumbrous)
comparative more incumbrous · superlative most incumbrous · alternative encombrous
- obsoletecumbersome; troublesome
Incumbrous ruin
1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC
Origin
Compare Old French encombros.
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APA
incumbrous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incumbrous
MLA
“incumbrous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incumbrous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incumbrous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incumbrous.
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