burthen
noun
an archaic variant of burden.
burthensome
-
a word derived from
burthen.
Example Sentences
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By 1712 it had become "burthensome to the nation" to house bankrupts in London's two debtors' prisons, despite the exaction of stiff entrance fees and rents for all cells better than the most wretched.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a more highly cultivated language these expressions become burthensome and superfluous.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
The penalty of death was attached to their violation, and producers subjected to the most burthensome control.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
For this purpose, I have increased my naval establishment, and greatly augmented my land forces, but in such a manner as may be the least burthensome to my kingdoms.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Henry P. Johnston
The patriot’s library has not been burthensome in latter times.
From The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by Charles Gavan Duffy
