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uberous, a. Now rare.|ˈjuːbərəs|
[f. L. ūber rich, full, fruitful, abundant, etc. + -ous, or ad. med.L. ūberōsus. Cf. mod.F. ubéreux.
Bailey (1727, vol. II) gives uberose, and (1721) uberosity.]
1. Supplying milk or nourishment in abundance. Said (a) of animals, etc., or (b) of the breasts.
In this sense prob. associated with L. ūber udder.
(a)1624Quarles Sion's Elegies iv. vii, Milke, from the vberous Cow, Was ne're so pure in substance. 1632― Div. Fancies i. xxxvii, How do our Pastures flourish, and refresh Our uberous Kine, so fair, so full of flesh! a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 51 My Lord..drew in too fast, like a childe sucking on an over-uberous Nurse. 1644Quarles Sheph. Orac. i, Our uberous ewes were evermore supplyed With twins, attending upon either side.
(b)1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 17 The women giue their Infants sucke as they hang at their backes, the vberous dugge stretched ouer her shoulder. 1635Quarles Embl. i. xii. 2 The ub'rous breasts, when fairly drawn, repast The thriving infant with their milkie flood. 1869Browning Ring & Bk. ix. 53 Each feminine delight of florid lip,..Marmoreal neck and bosom uberous.
b. Rich in fertilizing moisture. rare—1.
a1706Evelyn Sylva ii. viii. (1776) 426 This [water from ponds] approaches nearest to that of rain dropping from the uberous cloud, and is certainly the most natural and nursing.
†2. Of places: Richly productive; fertile. Obs.
a1626Middleton Mayor of Queenborough ii. iii, About the fruitful flanks of uberous Kent. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 20 Cotton they [the Malagasy] haue store of, but most vberous in Fruits. 1651Howell Venice 26 She [Padua] is situated in a most delightfull and uberous plain.
3. Abundant, copious, full.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii. 18 If the young and tender grace of thankfulness do not fall into the hands of uberous and fruitful obedience, it will languish and pine away. 1747Gentl. Mag. 242 Her uberous store, To these, parturient Earth unmidwif'd yields. 1839New Monthly Mag. LVII. 408 Addressing himself to a lady of most uberous presence.
Hence ˈuberousness, plentifulness, fertileness.
1727Bailey (vol. II). |