numerosityn.

Brit.

/ˌnjuːməˈrɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌn(j)uməˈrɑsədi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s numerositie, 1600s– numerosity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin numerositat-, numerositas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin numerositat-, numerositas large number, multitude (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), rhythmic order (late 4th or early 5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin numerōsus numerous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian numerosità fact of being numerous, prosody (14th cent.), Middle French, French †numérosité fact of being numerous (mid 16th cent.), Spanish numerosidad (1607), Portuguese numerosidade (17th cent.).

†1. Rhythmic or metrical quality; = numerousness n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > rhythmic quality

numerosityc1570

march1656

numerousness1685

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > action of putting into rhythm > rhythmic quality

time1531

numerosityc1570

numerousness1685

rhythmicity1888

c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 23, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Numerositie Nynt, alteration cumis for default of ane noit the numerositie of trinary beand countit.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. v. 64 This is called rithmos or numerositie, that is to say, a certaine flowing vtteraunce by slipper words and sillables.

1656 A. Cowley Misc. Pref., in Poems Almost all their Sweetness and Numerosity..lies in a manner wholly at the Mercy of the Reader.

1668 T. Sprat Life Cowley in Wks. sig. b^v But where higher Virtues were chiefly to be regarded, an exact numerosity was not then his main care.

1737 T. Morrell Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Pref. p. xxv An exact Numerosity..was not Chaucer's main Care; but that he had sometimes a greater Regard for the Sense, than the Metre.

1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 89 Those..who in considering the numerosity of writings attend to quantity alone.

?1785 S. Parr Disc. Educ. 2 The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear.

1869 E. Wadham Eng. Versif. 114 Melody is rather numerosity, a blending murmur, than one full concordance.

2. = numerousness n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun]

multitudec1350

numberc1390

pluralitya1398

manynessc1500

multitudine1547

umberment1550

infiniteness1579

numbers1591

populacy1597

plurity1600

numerosity1611

populosity1614

numerousness1631

populousness1651

multitudinousness1653

multitudinosity1840

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 746/2 Those fences, which the possession of Maiestie and numerositie of issue had for sundry ages cast about it.

1658 J. Robinson Endoxa v. 144 The variety and numerosity of these Characters, and Lineaments.

1682 H. More Answer Lett. Psychopyrist xi. 24 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (ed. 2) The vigour of the Body must be increased according to the numerosity of these actuating Spirits in it.

1782 L. Goddard Jrnl. 14 Oct. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) iii. 48 He..informed me..of a small addition he had made to an old large house my Lord Somebody said ought from the ‘numerosity’ of the rooms to have had finger-posts in it.

1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 404 Inhabited by people of various principles, and of dissimilar numerosity.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 33 Marching in a circle with the cheap numerosity of a stage-army.

1941 ELH 8 199 Furthermore, the figures of arrangement particularly abundant in Spenser, have not been included. The study is concerned not with exact numerosity, but with aesthetic effects.

1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 107 There was a stage in the very center, and crowds of men surrounded it. The usual Japanese numerosity, crowd density.

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

单词	numerosity
释义	numerosityn. Brit. /ˌnjuːməˈrɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uməˈrɑsədi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s numerositie, 1600s– numerosity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin numerositat-, numerositas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin numerositat-, numerositas large number, multitude (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), rhythmic order (late 4th or early 5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin numerōsus numerous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian numerosità fact of being numerous, prosody (14th cent.), Middle French, French †numérosité fact of being numerous (mid 16th cent.), Spanish numerosidad (1607), Portuguese numerosidade (17th cent.). †1. Rhythmic or metrical quality; = numerousness n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > rhythmic quality numerosityc1570 march1656 numerousness1685 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > action of putting into rhythm > rhythmic quality time1531 numerosityc1570 numerousness1685 rhythmicity1888 c1570 Art of Music (BL Add. 4911) f. 23, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Numerositie Nynt, alteration cumis for default of ane noit the numerositie of trinary beand countit. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. v. 64 This is called rithmos or numerositie, that is to say, a certaine flowing vtteraunce by slipper words and sillables. 1656 A. Cowley Misc. Pref., in Poems Almost all their Sweetness and Numerosity..lies in a manner wholly at the Mercy of the Reader. 1668 T. Sprat Life Cowley in Wks. sig. b^v But where higher Virtues were chiefly to be regarded, an exact numerosity was not then his main care. 1737 T. Morrell Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Pref. p. xxv An exact Numerosity..was not Chaucer's main Care; but that he had sometimes a greater Regard for the Sense, than the Metre. 1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 89 Those..who in considering the numerosity of writings attend to quantity alone. ?1785 S. Parr Disc. Educ. 2 The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear. 1869 E. Wadham Eng. Versif. 114 Melody is rather numerosity, a blending murmur, than one full concordance. 2. = numerousness n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] multitudec1350 numberc1390 pluralitya1398 manynessc1500 multitudine1547 umberment1550 infiniteness1579 numbers1591 populacy1597 plurity1600 numerosity1611 populosity1614 numerousness1631 populousness1651 multitudinousness1653 multitudinosity1840 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 746/2 Those fences, which the possession of Maiestie and numerositie of issue had for sundry ages cast about it. 1658 J. Robinson Endoxa v. 144 The variety and numerosity of these Characters, and Lineaments. 1682 H. More Answer Lett. Psychopyrist xi. 24 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (ed. 2) The vigour of the Body must be increased according to the numerosity of these actuating Spirits in it. 1782 L. Goddard Jrnl. 14 Oct. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) iii. 48 He..informed me..of a small addition he had made to an old large house my Lord Somebody said ought from the ‘numerosity’ of the rooms to have had finger-posts in it. 1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 404 Inhabited by people of various principles, and of dissimilar numerosity. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 33 Marching in a circle with the cheap numerosity of a stage-army. 1941 ELH 8 199 Furthermore, the figures of arrangement particularly abundant in Spenser, have not been included. The study is concerned not with exact numerosity, but with aesthetic effects. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 107 There was a stage in the very center, and crowds of men surrounded it. The usual Japanese numerosity, crowd density. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1570
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