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† ˈnumberous, a. Obs.
[f. number n. + -ous: cf. numbrous a.]
Numerous.
1566Drant Horace, Sat. i. vii. D vij, So these same two, tongue puisaunte knyghts, with scoulding ginn the fyghte. The auditorye numberouse. Ibid. ii. iii. F vij, This rule makes mad a noumberouse swarme Of subiects and of kinges. 1592W. Wyrley Armorie 156 Fore passed life I ouer canvassing Found my great sins exceeding numberous. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 26 A more honorable or more numberous senate. |