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
- heavy, burdensome
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), 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.
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Descendants
- English: chargeous (obsolete)
References
- “charǧeǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.