loadsome

English

Etymology

From load +‎ -some.

Adjective

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.