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numerosity|njuːməˈrɒsɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. numerōsitas: see numerous and -ity. So It. numerosita, Sp. -idad, Pg. -idade.]
1. The state of being numerous; condition in respect of number.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xx. §61. 971 Those Fences, which the possession of Majestie and numerositie of issue had for sundry ages cast about it. 1658J. Robinson Endoxa v. 144 The variety and numerosity of these Characters, and Lineaments. a1687H. More Answ. Psychopyrist (1689) 126 The Vigour of the Body must be increased, according to the Numerosity of these actuating Spirits in it. 1812G. Chalmers Dom. Econ. Gt. Brit. 404 Inhabited by people of various principles, and of dissimilar numerosity. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 33 Marching in a circle with the cheap numerosity of a stage-army.
2. Rhythmic quality.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. v[i]. (Arb.) 91 This is called rithmos or numerositie, that is to say, a certaine flowing vtteraunce by slipper words and sillables. 1656Cowley Misc. Pref., Almost all their Sweetness and Numerosity..lies in a manner wholly at the Mercy of the Reader. 1774Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 89 Those..who in considering the numerosity of writings attend to quantity alone. c1790Parr Educ. Wks. 1828 II. 107 The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear. 1869E. Wadham Eng. Versification 114 Melody is rather numerosity, a blending murmur, than one full concordance. |