onerous
Meaning
Adjective
- imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
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Origin
- From Middle English onerous, from Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, from Latin onerosus ("burdensome"), from onus.
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