numerose

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English

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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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

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Adjective

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numerose (comparative plus numerose, superlative le plus numerose)

  1. numerous

Italian

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Adjective

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numerose f

  1. feminine plural of numeroso

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adverb

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numerōsē (comparative numerōsius, superlative numerōsissimē)

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

Synonyms

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References

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  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have a rhythmical cadence: numerose cadere
    • his style has a well-balanced cadence: oratio numerose cadit