Talk:numbery

RFV discussion: April–July 2015

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numbery

"Melodious". Not sure what that has to do with numbers. Equinox ◑ 22:22, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

One can find it all over the place in older dictionaries and encyclopedias, but they all cite just one source: w:Josuah Sylvester, either as author, or translator. Here's possibly the most-cited passage: [1]. He also seems to be the source cited for most or all of the references in the same sources for another sense, meaning numerous. Chuck Entz (talk) 02:04, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

I think it has to do with number in the sense of a musical tune/musical number/song Leasnam (talk) 20:02, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

I thought about that, but how far back does that sense of number go? Joshua Sylvester died in 1618. Besides, he was well known for adding tons of ornate, meaningless embellishments to the simplest of sentences- this looks like a nonce term to me. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:00, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 19:22, 17 July 2015 (UTC)