Dictionary

numbersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From number + -some.

Meanings

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

Forms

Synonyms

many · multiple