Middle English Dictionary Entry
numerāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | numerāl adj. |
| Etymology | L numerālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of or pertaining to number, numerical; ~ figure, a written character denoting a number.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)329b/b : Þe nombre of þe foure is compowned of þre, þat is, a triangle in nombres, and of oon..and so þe nombre of fyue is compowned of foure and of oon in stede of a triangle and so it may be schewed of al oþer numeral figure [L numeralibus] for alway euerych nombre is y-gendred of a triangle figure.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1950 : In holy wryt moche thyng ynombred ys..And in thys world eche creature ywys Ys made by numerall proporcioun; Foure elementes, the seuen planettis abouen, These byn dystinct in trew nombre certayn.