Pop"u*lous (?), a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf. F. populeux.]
1.
Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
Heaven, yet populous, retains
Number sufficient to possess her realms.
Milton.
2.
Popular; famous.
[Obs.]
J. Webster.
3.
Common; vulgar.
[Obs.]
Arden of Feversham.
4.
Numerous; in large number.
[Obs.] "The dust . . . raised by your
populous troops."
Shak.
-- Pop"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Pop"u*lous*ness, n.
© Webster 1913.