单词 | discumbrance |
释义 | † discumbrancen. Obsolete. rare. 1. Trouble, difficulty. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation teenOE dretchinga1050 taryingnessa1300 annoyc1300 dretch?13.. noyc1330 unquertc1390 noyinga1398 nuisancec1400 unsoundc1400 noisance1421 annuisancec1440 discumbrancea1500 noymentc1503 cumber?a1513 molesting1523 tary1528 irk1570 pester1581 incommodation1664 fasha1796 all-overs1893 buggeration1962 wind-up1984 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 511 (MED) At foure cours thei haue hem perced thourgh with-oute eny other discombraunce. 2. regional and nonstandard. A person or thing regarded as a burden or encumbrance. ΚΠ 1828 Age 6 Jan. 4/2 [They] seezed upon his third of the prophets, to pay off an old discumbrance he owed them. 1853 E. P. Pearson Cousin Franck's Househ. (ed. 3) vi. 97 You don't ketch me a tearin' 'em useless, with hounds, an' a bringin' on 'em back wuthless discumbrances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1500 |
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