nemorous

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Etymology

From Latin nemus (grove).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛməɹəs/
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Adjective

nemorous (comparative more nemorous, superlative most nemorous)

  1. (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.

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