loadsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

load +‎ -some

Adjective[edit]

loadsome (comparative more loadsome, superlative most loadsome)

  1. (rare) burdensome
    • 1770, Andrew Brice, The Mobiad; Or, Battle of the Voice, page 45:
      The loadsome Clog attempted Haste impedes, / And, sliding, baulks th' industrious clumsy Treads.
    • 1988, Euromicro Symposium on Microprocessing and Microprogramming, page 513:
      Simple as they may seem, the seven basic operations we just described can prove quite loadsome.
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