nemorous

[Lat. nemorosus, from nemus (gen it. nemoris )=a grove.] Of or pertaining to a wood; woody. "Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple, or sacred grove."- Evelyn : Sylva, bk. iv., § 4. *němp-ně, v . t. [A. S. nemn an =to name (q. v.).] To name, to call. "As much disdaining to be so misdempt, Or a warmonger to be basely nempt ." Spenser: F. Q., III. x. 29. němş, s. [Arab.] The Ichneumon (q. v.). ně-mür-a, s. [Gr. nēma =a thread, and our a =a tail.] Entom.: A genus of Perlide (q. v.). The larvæ are naked, and live in the water. They go through the winter, and become pupe in the spring. The adult lives only a few days, for its mouth is not suited for receiving food. The larva has two long caudal hairs which it loses on arriving at the adult state. *ne-ni-a, *næ-ni-a, s. (Lat.) A funeral song; an elegy.