† populosityn.

Forms: 1600s populositie, 1600s–1800s populosity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French populosité; Latin populositas, populōsus.

Etymology: < French populosité (a1525 in Middle French; now rare) and its etymon post-classical Latin populositas large number, crowd (early 4th cent.), populousness (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin populōsus populous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare slightly earlier populousness n.

Obsolete.

= populousness 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

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [noun] > density of

populacy1597

populousness1601

popularity1654

populosity1720

popularness1727

condensity1814

habitancy1837

areality1881

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §10. 115 (heading) That the Easterne people were most ancient in populositie.

1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis 289 It contains onely three Towns, which in bigness, populosity, and variety of Commodities may stand in competition with many more eminent Cities.

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxxi. 305/2 For Hugeness, Concourse, Navigation, Trade and Populosity, it very hardly gives way to any City in Europe.

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 3 In the present state of Populosity,..the spontaneous growth would be found far short of his indispensable exigencies.

1813 Edinb. Advertiser 12 Feb. 1/2 This day is published..An Historical View of the Domestic Economy of Great Britain and Ireland,..with a comparative Estimate of their efficient Strength, arising from their Populosity and Agriculture, their Manufactures and Trade, in every Age.

1852 F. Bonynge Future Wealth Amer. 190 It may not be amiss to draw the attention of the doubtful to the possibility of the States arriving at so extraordinary a degree of populosity.

1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 806 The view that the flora of wide areas..is undergoing even now a profound if gradual alteration.., possibly in part the result of a century of cultivation, but certainly independent of any great increase in populosity, smokiness of air, etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	populosity
释义	† populosityn. Forms: 1600s populositie, 1600s–1800s populosity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French populosité; Latin populositas, populōsus. Etymology: < French populosité (a1525 in Middle French; now rare) and its etymon post-classical Latin populositas large number, crowd (early 4th cent.), populousness (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin populōsus populous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare slightly earlier populousness n. Obsolete. = populousness 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 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [noun] > density of populacy1597 populousness1601 popularity1654 populosity1720 popularness1727 condensity1814 habitancy1837 areality1881 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §10. 115 (heading) That the Easterne people were most ancient in populositie. 1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis 289 It contains onely three Towns, which in bigness, populosity, and variety of Commodities may stand in competition with many more eminent Cities. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxxi. 305/2 For Hugeness, Concourse, Navigation, Trade and Populosity, it very hardly gives way to any City in Europe. 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 3 In the present state of Populosity,..the spontaneous growth would be found far short of his indispensable exigencies. 1813 Edinb. Advertiser 12 Feb. 1/2 This day is published..An Historical View of the Domestic Economy of Great Britain and Ireland,..with a comparative Estimate of their efficient Strength, arising from their Populosity and Agriculture, their Manufactures and Trade, in every Age. 1852 F. Bonynge Future Wealth Amer. 190 It may not be amiss to draw the attention of the doubtful to the possibility of the States arriving at so extraordinary a degree of populosity. 1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 806 The view that the flora of wide areas..is undergoing even now a profound if gradual alteration.., possibly in part the result of a century of cultivation, but certainly independent of any great increase in populosity, smokiness of air, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1614
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