charjous

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chargeose, chargeouse, chargious, chargiouse, chargouse, charjows

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman chargeous; equivalent to chargen +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃarˈdʒuːs/, /ˈtʃardʒus/

Adjective

charjous

1. heavy, burdensome
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·ii· 11:9, page 72r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ whanne I was a mong ȝou ⁊ hadde nede .· I was chargeouſe to no man / foꝛ bꝛiþeren þat camen fro macedonye fulfilliden þat þat failide to me / ⁊ in alle þingis I haue kept and ſchal kepe me wiþouten charge to ȝou

     And when I was amongst you and felt need, I wasn't burdensome to anybody, because brothers who came from Macedonia provided whatever I didn't have. So in everything, I've kept, and will keep, myself from burdening you.

Descendants

• English: chargeous (obsolete)

References

• “charǧeǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.