onerary

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adjective

Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.

OriginLatin onerarius →
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Meanings

adjectiveonerary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFitted for, or carrying, a burden.

    In the time of the Truce an hundred onerary Ships with Provisions, under a Convoy of twenty Men of War, came over out of Sardinia[…]

    1686, some translator, The Roman History Written in Latine by Titus Livius

Origin

  1. Latinonerarius
  2. Englishonerary

From Latin onerarius, from onus, oneris (“load, burden”). Compare French onéraire. See onus, onerous.

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APA

onerary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onerary

MLA

“onerary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onerary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onerary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onerary.

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