Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ON'ER-OUS
ON'ER-OUS, a. [L. onerosus, from onus, a load.]
- Burdensome; oppressive. Ayliffe. Burton.
- In Scots law, being for the advantage of both parties; as, an onerous contract; opposed to gratuitous.
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