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.