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in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅ble

[i-noo-mer-uh-buhl, i-nyoo-]
–adjective
1. very numerous.
2. incapable of being counted; countless.
Also, in⋅nu⋅mer⋅ous.


Origin:
1300–50; ME < L innumerābilis countless, innumerable, equiv. to in- in- 3 + numerābilis that can be counted or numbered (numerā(re) to count + -bilis -ble )


in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅bly, adverb


1. See many. 2. numberless.
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in·nu·mer·a·ble   (ĭ-nōō'mər-ə-bəl, ĭ-nyōō'-)   
adj.  Too numerous to be counted; numberless. See Synonyms at incalculable.

[Middle English, from Latin innumerābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + numerābilis, countable; see numerable.]
in·nu'mer·a·ble·ness n., in·nu'mer·a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

innumerable 
1340, from L. innumerabilis, from in- "not" + numerabilis "able to be numbered" (see number).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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