incumbent
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkʌmb(ə)nt/
The English word “incumbent” has 11 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.
- Of an anther: lying on the inner side of the filament; also, of a cotyledon: having its back lying against the radicle.
- Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology), of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.
- Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), of an ecclesiastical benefice.
- Oppressive, pressuring.
- Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.
- Hanging or leaning over.
- Putting much effort into an activity or some work.
- Weighing on one's mind.
noun
Etymology
From Latin incumbentem + English -ent (suffix denoting the causing, doing, or promoting of an action). Incumbentem is the accusative singular of incumbēns (“reclining”), the present active participle of incumbō (“to lay upon, to lean or recline on; to fall upon, to press down on”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘against; into; on, upon’) + *cumbō (“to lie down, recline”) (ultimately from…
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