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nemorous

PRONUNCIATION:

(NEM-uh-ruhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Relating to a forest; wooded.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin nemus (grove). Earliest documented use: 1623.

USAGE:

“Evelyn says that Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple or sacred grove planted by God Himself and given to man.”
Alexander Porteous; Forest Folklore, Mythology, and Romance; George Allen & Unwin; 1928.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others. -William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)

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