NUMEROUS


Meaning of NUMEROUS in English

ˈn(y)üm(ə)rəs adjective

Etymology: Middle French numereux, from Latin numerosus, from numerus number + -osus -ous — more at nimble

1.

a. : consisting of great numbers of units : existing in abundance : many , plentiful

decked out with … numerous ribbons and a thousand other joyous trifles — Osbert Sitwell

mutation … has occurred numerous times under natural conditions — Theodosius Dobzhansky

legends regarding buried treasure … are as numerous as they are improbable — Thomas Barbour

b. : consisting of a great number of individuals : large , multitudinous

it was too bad that the family was numerous : each man got only one share … instead of two — Ernest Beaglehole

this species has become infinitely more numerous during the past five or six years — Thomas Heinitz

c. archaic : of or relating to a great number of individuals

the birds begun at four o'clock … a music numerous — Emily Dickinson

2. archaic : musically cadenced : rhythmical

blank verse … falling occasionally almost into numerous prose — Henry Hallam

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.