Nemorous

//ˈnɛməɹəs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves. rare

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

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From Latin nemus (“grove”).

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