单词 | burdenous |
释义 | † burdenousburthenousadj. Obsolete. 1. Constituting a burden, burdensome. a. literal. Heavy, ponderous. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy heavyc1000 unlightc1330 sada1375 chargeousa1382 lumpinga1400 ponderousa1400 weighingc1400 poisant1477 peisant1483 wieldlya1500 weighty1500 peiseda1522 burdenous1529 weightful1530 grave1570 leaden1578 plumbeousa1586 wieldy1592 peisy1599 well-weighing?1615 lead-like1816 hefty1867 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. (1557) 188/2 Aungels..vncharged of all bourdynous fleshe and bones. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 29 A wheele which they [dogs] turn..by the mouing of their burthenous bodies. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. iv. 12 Any burdenous weight. 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. vii When you groan beneath your burdenous charge. b. figurative. Onerous, cumbersome; oppressive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening chargeous138. onerous1395 chargeantc1400 onerable?a1475 importunable?c1485 chargeand1487 onerosea1500 chargeable1509 chargeful1529 burdenousa1535 onerarious1548 burdensome1578 loadsome1578 burdeninga1616 loading1625 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. x. sig. B.viiiv Job,..wt his burdenous comforters. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eiijv If that my booke be burthenouse. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 261 His burthenous taxations. 1657 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady iii. i. 30 The burthenous draught of misery. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 567 To sit idle on the houshold hearth, A burdenous drone. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > burdened ycarked1340 bowed1382 loaden1542 ladenc1595 burdenous1614 laded1630 undisburdened1659 undischarged1671 burdened1697 lade1724 beladen1850 1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle iv, in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) VI. 421 My burthenous conscience was so fraught with Sin. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair vi. xiii. 135 The burthenous and bustling multitude. Derivatives ˈburdenously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adverb] > in a cumbersome or burdensome manner cumbrously1401 burdenously1556 burdensomely1611 incumbently1816 onerously1851 overburdeningly1865 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xci. 25 Ye finalli, burdenuslie, Burdend the flie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1529 |
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