numbrousadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmbrəs/, U.S.

/ˈnəmbrəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: number n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < number n. (compare forms at that entry) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French nombreux (mid 14th cent. in sense 1 as nonbreus , 1552 in sense 2 in the phrase nombreuse cadance ). Compare numberous adj., numerous adj.

Now rare.

1. Numerous, plentiful.

ΘΚΠ

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

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall i Her numbrous folke (a syghyng flocke) and seekyng after foode, Dyd geue for meate, what so they had, thynges precious or good.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) iii. i How many ones there be That all against poor me Their numbrous strength redouble?

1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 40 They need not, because so obuious; and they could not, because so numbrous.

1628 W. Mure Doomesday 869 in Wks. (1898) I. 190 What Joyes (to view this numbrous host).

1692 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1880) IV. 639 The numbrous bygone annual rents.

1860 R. Southey Poet. Wks. 380 To blows they come; but, lo! a stroke divine. The Iber, few, beats numbrous Sarracene.

1877 Littell's Living Age 17 Feb. 426/2 The great and innumberous collection of sheep was driven of a numbrous body of riding men.

1999 How does Book lapse into Public Domain? in alt.books (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Sept. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at the Gutenberg Project is not the same Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as pounded into print by numbrous other publishers.

†2. Exhibiting poetic numbers; rhythmical. Cf numerous adj. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective]

numbrousa1586

numerous1589

rhythmical1589

rhythmica1631

numerose1714

numerical1749

rhythmal1812

rhythmopoetic1908

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C3^v The greatest part of Poets haue apparelled their poeticall inuentions in that numbrous kinde of writing which is called verse.

c1615 Sir W. Alexander in W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 150 He numbrous Notes with measur'd Fury frames, Each Accent weigh'd, no Jarr in Sense, or Sound.

1636 W. Drummond in Trans. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1831) 4 113 Whether thou read grave proses, or did raise Delight and wonder by a numbrous straine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	numbrous
释义	numbrousadj. Brit. /ˈnʌmbrəs/, U.S. /ˈnəmbrəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: number n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < number n. (compare forms at that entry) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French nombreux (mid 14th cent. in sense 1 as nonbreus , 1552 in sense 2 in the phrase nombreuse cadance ). Compare numberous adj., numerous adj. Now rare. 1. Numerous, plentiful. ΘΚΠ 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 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall i Her numbrous folke (a syghyng flocke) and seekyng after foode, Dyd geue for meate, what so they had, thynges precious or good. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) iii. i How many ones there be That all against poor me Their numbrous strength redouble? 1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 40 They need not, because so obuious; and they could not, because so numbrous. 1628 W. Mure Doomesday 869 in Wks. (1898) I. 190 What Joyes (to view this numbrous host). 1692 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1880) IV. 639 The numbrous bygone annual rents. 1860 R. Southey Poet. Wks. 380 To blows they come; but, lo! a stroke divine. The Iber, few, beats numbrous Sarracene. 1877 Littell's Living Age 17 Feb. 426/2 The great and innumberous collection of sheep was driven of a numbrous body of riding men. 1999 How does Book lapse into Public Domain? in alt.books (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Sept. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at the Gutenberg Project is not the same Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as pounded into print by numbrous other publishers. †2. Exhibiting poetic numbers; rhythmical. Cf numerous adj. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] numbrousa1586 numerous1589 rhythmical1589 rhythmica1631 numerose1714 numerical1749 rhythmal1812 rhythmopoetic1908 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C3^v The greatest part of Poets haue apparelled their poeticall inuentions in that numbrous kinde of writing which is called verse. c1615 Sir W. Alexander in W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 150 He numbrous Notes with measur'd Fury frames, Each Accent weigh'd, no Jarr in Sense, or Sound. 1636 W. Drummond in Trans. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1831) 4 113 Whether thou read grave proses, or did raise Delight and wonder by a numbrous straine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1566
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