founderous

English

Etymology

founder +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊndəɹəs/, /ˈfaʊndɹəs/

Adjective

founderous (comparative more founderous, superlative most founderous)

1. (archaic) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.
   • 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:

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

References

• “founderous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.