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Numerosity   Listen
noun
Numerosity  n.  
1.
The state of being numerous; numerousness. (Obs.)
2.
Rhythm; harmony; flow. (Obs.) "The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Numerosity" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'dimension'—all which he notes to have recently come up; so too 'idiom', 'significative', 'compendious', 'prolix', 'figurative', 'impression', 'inveigle', 'metrical'. All these he adduces with praise; others upon which he bestows equal commendation, have not held their ground, as 'placation', 'numerosity', 'harmonical'. Of those neologies which he disallowed, he only anticipated in some cases, as in 'facundity', 'implete', 'attemptat' ('attentat'), the decision of a later day; other words which he condemned no less, as 'audacious', 'compatible', 'egregious', have maintained their ground. These too ...
— English Past and Present • Richard Chenevix Trench

... about the numerosity of the new settler, and where the whole of him is to find a market. We are trying to get rid of the pauper, and whoever heard of a farm, free of the 8 per cent. night-mare, being the breeding place of such as he? Whatever else ...
— Confiscation, An Outline • William Greenwood

... the Capital of "our once happy country"—if I may be allowed to koin a frase! The D.C. stands for Desprit Cusses, a numerosity which abounds here, the most of whom persess a Romantic pashun for gratooitous drinks. And in this conjunction I will relate an incident. I notist for several days a large Hearse standin in front of the principal tavern on Pennsylvany Avenoo. "Can you tell me, my fair Castillian," ...
— The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 7 • Charles Farrar Browne



Words linked to "Numerosity" :   multitudinousness, number, numerousness, numerous, multiplicity, few



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