NUMEROSITY, NUMEROUS
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
► BIRTHY numerous; productive, prolific, fruitful → 1680 Sc.
► BOUKY numerous; well-attended → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BY THE BOXCAR in great quantity, numerous → 1960s Amer. sl.
► BY THE CARLOAD in great quantity, numerous → 1960s Amer. sl.
► BY THE TRUCKFUL in great quantity, numerous → 1960s Amer. sl.
► MAIN of any army or multitude: great in numbers, numerous; powerful in arms → a1400-50 obs.
► MAINT many, numerous → 1706
► MERGIN most numerous, largest → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MULTEOUS numerous → 1589 obs.
► MULTITUDINOUS very numerous; existing in multitudes or great numbers → a1631
► MULTUOUS numerous → 1586 obs.
► NUMBERFUL many in number, numerous → 1594 obs.
► NUMBERY numerous, rich in numbers → 1591 obs.
► NUMBROUS numerous → a1586 obs.
► OFT frequent, numerous, repeated → 1868 Sc.
► RANK numerous, frequent → 1545 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
► SEVENTY-ELEVEN indefinitely numerous, many → 1970 Amer. dial.
► THICK AS FIDDLERS IN HELL very numerous, plentiful → 1680 Sc. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► THICK numerous, plentiful; frequent, in quick succession → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THICK ON THE GROUND abundant, numerous, crowded → 1893 UK sl.
► THRANG ► THRONG crowded; pressed for space; numerous, thick → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TIDY considerable in size, number, etc.; large, great, numerous → 1870 Eng. dial.
► TIGHTISH considerable in amount; numerous → 1890 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► MANYNESS plurality, numerosity → 1609
► MULTITUDINE numerousness; a multitude, a crowd → 1547 obs.
► MULTITUDINOSITY numerousness, multiplicity → 1840