[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being burdensome.
1574. Whitgift, Def. Aunsw., II. Wks. 1851, I. 242. Defending the multitude or burdensomeness of ceremonies.
1607. Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr., I. ii. 86. Augustine, who waild the burthensomnesse of humane ceremonies in his time.
1865. Spectator, 14 Jan., 34. The … burdensomeness of the legislation of last year.
