"cumberworld" meaning in All languages combined

See cumberworld on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cumberworlds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English combre-world, combreworldes pl, from the phrase *combren the world; equivalent to cumber + world. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|combre-world}} Middle English combre-world, {{m|enm|combreworldes|g=p}} combreworldes pl, {{m|enm||*combren the world}} *combren the world, {{compound|en|cumber|world}} cumber + world Head templates: {{en-noun}} cumberworld (plural cumberworlds)
  1. (derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing. Tags: derogatory, obsolete Categories (topical): People Synonyms: cumberground, cumber-world

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