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populosity

populosity noun: populousness.

Noun

populosity (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Populousness.
    • In what bulk or populosity it stood in the old East-angle Monarchy, tradition and history are silent.1658, Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 12
    • When we read of the great populosity of ancient Ireland, in so much that she was obliged from time to time, to throw off part of this plethora by foreign invasions, we must naturally explore the causes of this amazing decay of inhabitants, in our own days!1803, Sylvester O'Halloran, An Introduction to and an History of Ireland, volume 1, page 407

Origin of populosity

From French populosité, from Latin populositas, from populosus (“populous”), or from populous + -ity.

Questions about populosity

What does populosity mean?
Populosity means populousness.
What part of speech is populosity?
Populosity is a noun.

Words near populosity in the dictionary

  1. populistically
  2. populists
  3. populizer
  4. populizers
  5. populomics
  6. populosity
  7. populous
  8. populously
  9. populousness
  10. Populuxe
  11. popunder

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