nemorous
English
WOTD – 5 September 2006
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛməɹəs/
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Adjective
nemorous (comparative more nemorous, superlative most nemorous)
- (rare) Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- 1889, Thomas Thisleton-Dyer, The Folk Lore of Plants, Kessinger 2004 edition, page 22:
- Even Paradise itself, says Evelyn, was but a kind of ‘nemorous temple or sacred grove,’ planted by God himself.