Word for the Day: CUMBROUS

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumbrous ^

[Louis Foxwell]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

(cumbrous) [ˈkʌmbrəs, KUM brus]

hear it pronounced

adjective

Definition :

heavy, weighty, ponderous, cumbersome mean having great weight. heavy implies that something has greater density or thickness than the average of its kind or class . To hamper, burden, or trouble. Jesus tells of the man who said to his vineyard-keeper, "Cut it down. Why cumbreth it the ground?" ("Why should it go on using the soil?" New English Bible)

Origin: Late Middle English (in the sense 'difficult to get through'): from cumber + -ous.

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[Louis Foxwell]

She is cumbrous to the issues of state. Why, indeed, should she go on using the soil of our republic?

[Louis Foxwell]

Have at it linguists. Meritorious Awards will be granted in the morning.

[shibumi]

As found in the title of that famous Jethro Tull album -

"Cumbrous as a Block of Concrete Aggregate Building Material"

[Politicalkiddo]

I cannot decide which is more cumbrous—Hillary’s cankles, or Michelle’s behind.

[Fungi]

A most cumbrous word, one I will never use again.

[WTFOVR]

The cumbrous rhetoric of those suffering Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) grows exponentially by the day! Oh, the pain, the pain of such a cumbrous assault on civility!

[who_would_fardels_bear]

To those with courage, fortitude, charity, and good moral character freedom is a godsend, but to those of weak character and will it is a cumbrous burden.

[Stand Watch Listen]

Cumbrous???

[Bullish]

The cumbrousness of the entirely renewed justice dept was about to rain down upon the traitors head now that the usurper Obama’s treason had been exposed and laid bare.

Well, I can dream can’t I?

[Salamander]

Really don’t mind if I sit this one out...

[piasa]

The carpenter was unsure if there was enough structural support for the podium to hold up Hillary’s cumbrous thighs.

[Pollster1]

Our economy remains stagnant because employers are encumbered by cumbrous Obamacare regulations, while the cumbersome DC bureaucracy obeys only Obama’s opulent oligarchs.

[Robert DeLong]

Cumbrous have a beer. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I have been engaged since late May in reducing my cumbrous body and I’m 1/3 of the way to my goal.

[verga]

Hillary supporters are bereft of any understanding of the cumbrous issues of foreign policy, just as she is.

I went for the double hit.

[Honorary Serb]

The “gay” movement, culminating in the vile Supreme Court ruling on same-sex “marriage”, is a cumbrous burden on the backs of the American people!!!!

It is a burden too cumbrous to bear, and we must throw it off!!!!

[dblshot]

Hillary’s whole campaign is despiteous
Her plans for the country are heinous
Her excuses fail
To explain emails
Her lies are becoming quite cumbrous.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Hillary’s nasty and cumbrous
Biden is really just dumbrous
Bernie’s a commie
O’Malley? Oh, mommy!
So boring, they’re making me slumbrous

[left that other site]

Hauling the cumbrous bag of kibble over one shoulder, a 30 lb purse over the other, I proceed up the two flights of concrete steps to my apartment.

Lynn-dah-the-dog was please to see the bag of kibble.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hmmmn. Dark, cloudy day outside. Perhaps I’ll cumlunocumbrous up with something later before it rains.