numbersome

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English

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Etymology

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From number +‎ -some.

Adjective

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numbersome (comparative more numbersome, superlative most numbersome)

  1. Characterized by (great) number; numerous.
    • 1854, Anne Boleyn, Anne Boleyn; or, The suppression of the religious houses, page 29:
      In the Forum and along the Corso, the crowd congregated most : so numbersome and thickly wedged, it was with difficulty any made way.
    • 1886, Joseph Parker, Weaver Stephen, page 195:
      WEAVER STEPHEN soon enlightened me as to Mr. Knockey's meaning. "Things are getting very numbersome now, sir, — oncommon I call it."

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