nemorous

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/ˈnɛməɹəs/

adjective

Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.

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forestedwooded
OriginLatin nemus →
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Meanings

adjectivenemorous (comparative more nemorous, superlative most nemorous)

comparative more nemorous · superlative most nemorous

  1. rareForested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.

    Even Paradise itself, says Evelyn, was but a kind of ‘nemorous temple or sacred grove,’ planted by God himself.

    1889, Thomas Thisleton-Dyer, The Folk Lore of Plants, Kessinger 2004 edition, page 22

    Synonyms: forested, wooded

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveForested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.

Similar
forestedwooded

Origin

  1. Latinnemus“grove”
  2. Englishnemorous

From Latin nemus (“grove”).

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Translations

French boisé
  • boiséfull of trees
Polish lesisty, zalesiony
  • lesistyfull of trees
  • zalesionyfull of trees
Spanish nemoroso
  • nemorosofull of trees

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

enormousunmorose
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nemorous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nemorous.

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