different between nemorous vs sylvan

English

Etymology

From Latin nemus, nemor- ‘grove’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?m???s/

Adjective

nemorous (comparative more nemorous, superlative most nemorous)

1. (rare) Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
   • 1889, Thomas Thisleton-Dyer, The Folk Lore of Plants (Kessinger 2004, p. 22)

     Even Paradise itself, says Evelyn, was but a kind of ‘nemorous temple or sacred grove,’ planted by God himself.

Synonyms

• forested
• wooded

Related terms

Translations

See also

• sylvan

Anagrams

• enormous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin Silv?nus (“Roman god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). The ?y? in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ????? (h??l?, “wood, matter”), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: s?l'v?n, IPA^(key): /?s?lv?n/
• Hyphenation: syl?van

Adjective

sylvan (comparative more sylvan, superlative most sylvan)

1. Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
2. Residing in a forest or wood.
3. Wooded, or covered in forest.

Alternative forms

• silvan

Synonyms

• (of or like a forest): forestlike, foresty
• (of or like a grove): grovy

Derived terms

• anthrosylvan
• sylvanite
• sylvanshine

Related terms

Translations

See also

• arboreal
• nemorous

Noun

sylvan (plural sylvans)

1. One who resides in the woods.
2. A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.