Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Numerousness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Numerous \Nu"mer*ous\, a. [L. numerosus. See {Number}.]
1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual
objects; being many; as, a numerous army.

Such and so numerous was their chivalry. --Milton.

2. Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and
counted; melodious; musical. [Obs.]

Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips, in
prose or numerous verse. --Milton.
-- {Nu"mer*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Nu"mer*ous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

numerousness
n : a large number [syn: {numerosity}, {multiplicity}]


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