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Definition of Rumorous
1. a. Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.
Definition of Rumorous
1. Adjective. Indistinct or confounded in sound; murmuring; vaguely heard. ¹
2. Adjective. Of the natures of rumours; circulated by popular report. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rumorous
1. full of rumors [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumorous
Literary usage of Rumorous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1903)
"18. A bustling rumour. Here rumour = murmur, noise. Cf. K. John, v. 4. 45 : "
the noise and rumour of the field." Drayton uses rumorous similarly: " the ..."
2. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, William James Rolfe (1881)
"Cf. K.John, v. 4: "the noise and rumour of the field." Drayton uses rumorous
similarly : "the rumorous sound Of the sterne ..."
3. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"At his rugge bones end. Piers Ploughman. Hilly, obedient; as good and necessary
a word as unruly, which remains in the language. rumorous, murmurous. ..."
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