† numeroseadj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. = numerous adj. 1b.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective]
goodeOE
broadOE
fullOE
large?c1225
rifec1225
fulsomea1325
abundanta1382
plenteousa1382
copiousc1384
plentifula1400
ranka1400
aboundc1425
affluentc1425
aboundable?1440
seedy1440
manyfulc1450
ample1472
olda1500
richa1500
flowing1526
fertilent1535
wallingc1540
copy1546
abounding1560
fat1563
numbrous1566
good, great store1569
round1592
redundant1594
fruitful1604
cornucopian1609
much1609
plenty?a1610
pukka1619
redundant1621
uberant1622
swelling1628
uberous1633
numerousa1635
superfluent1648
full tide1649
lucky1649
redounding1667
numerose1692
bumper1836
prolific1890
proliferous1915
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 195 The Cotton Trees..the Nisi, or Genseg; the Numerose Balsam, and Gum-trees.
2. = numerous adj. 5.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective]
numbrousa1586
numerous1589
rhythmical1589
rhythmica1631
numerose1714
numerical1749
rhythmal1812
rhythmopoetic1908
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > having rhythm or proportion
mensuralc1570
numerous1589
numeral1610
measurable1614
rhythmica1631
numerose1714
mensurable1776
measured1782
lilting1800
rhythmic-melodic1854
rhythmized1880
1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 421 All the Nations where Literature was early Propogated, have made use of numerose Style and chiming Rhimes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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