founderous

American  

[foun-der-uhs] / ˈfaʊn dər əs /

adjective

1. likely to cause foundering; miry; swampy.

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Etymology

Origin of founderous

First recorded in 1760–70; founder ² + -ous

Example Sentences

In those days of filthy streets, and founderous sloughy roads, the great went ever on horseback, if it were but to a house two doors distant.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

I have travelled through the negotiation,—and a sad, founderous road it is.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

But the three leagues turned out to be more nearly five, while the road was so founderous that we had again and again to quit it.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

Over such ground, founderous and scored knee-deep with ruts, it was plain that no wheeled carriage could move at speed; and the pursuers had this to cheer them.

From The Castle Inn by Weyman, Stanley John

The founderous condition of the whole region had made every movement slow, and in the same note to Thomas, Sherman had summed it up in the two words: "Roads terrific."

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson