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Definition: DUMOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Abounding with bushes and briers.[Websters]
2. Having a compact, bushy form.[Websters]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dumously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dumously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dumous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Dumous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DUMOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Abounding with bushes and briers.[Websters]
2. Having a compact, bushy form.[Websters]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dumously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dumously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dumous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DUMOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)