10 definitions found for populous

Populous POP'ULOUS, a. [L. populosus.] Full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. A territory containing fifteen or twenty inhabitants to a square mile is not a populous country. The Netherlands, and some parts of Italy, containing a hundred and fifty inhabitants to a square mile, are deemed populous.

populous adj 1: densely populated [syn: populous, thickly settled]

populous c.1425, from L. populosus "full of people, populous," from populus "people."

populous adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin populosus, from populus people Date: 15th century 1. a. densely populated b. having a large population 2. a. numerous b. filled to capacity • populously adverb • populousness noun

populous
adj. thickly inhabited.
Derivatives:
populously adv. populousness n.
Etymology: ME f. LL populosus (as PEOPLE)

populous ˈpɔpjuləs adj. thickly inhabited. øøpopulously adv. populousness n. [ME f. LL populosus (as PEOPLE)]

Populous Pop"u*lous, a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf. F. populeux.] 1. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. --Milton. 2. Popular; famous. [Obs.] --J. Webster. 3. Common; vulgar. [Obs.] --Arden of Feversham. 4. Numerous; in large number. [Obs.] ``The dust . . . raised by your populous troops.'' --Shak. -- Pop"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Pop"u*lous*ness, n.

populous a. Crowded, thickly settled.

populous ˈpɔpjuləs adj. crowded, (heavily) populated, peopled, teeming, thronged, crawling, swarming, jammed, jam-packed, packed: The populous cities contrast with the sparsely inhabited rural areas.

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