numerose

English

Etymology

From Latin numerōsus (numerous, abundant; harmonious), from numerus (number). Doublet of numerous.

Adjective

numerose (comparative more numerose, superlative most numerose)

  1. Obsolete form of numerous.
    • 1683, Walter Charleton, Three Anatomic Lectures, page 92:
      [] For, Mechanic Examples of this kind are every where so obvious to sense, and so numerose, that only to enumerate them would be a task hard and tediose.

Interlingua

Adjective

numerose (comparative plus numerose, superlative le plus numerose)

  1. numerous

Italian

Adjective

numerose f

  1. feminine plural of numeroso

Anagrams

Latin

Adverb

numerōsē (comparative numerōsius, superlative numerōsissimē)

  1. numerously, manifoldly, abundantly, plentifully
  2. harmoniously, melodically, rhythmically

Synonyms

References

  • numerose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • numerose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • numerose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have a rhythmical cadence: numerose cadere
    • his style has a well-balanced cadence: oratio numerose cadit
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