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Definition of Multitudinous
1. Adjective. Too numerous to be counted. "Untold thousands"
Similar to: Incalculable
Derivative terms: Countlessness, Infiniteness, Innumerableness, Multitude, Multitudinousness, Myriad
Definition of Multitudinous
1. a. Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves.
Definition of Multitudinous
1. Adjective. Existing in great numbers; innumerable. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. crowded with many people ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Multitudinous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Multitudinous
Literary usage of Multitudinous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"Now, though a London street is full of distractions, they become so multitudinous
that they neutralise each other. The whirl of conflicting impulses becomes ..."
2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"From watery Kid-stars in the western sky Lashes the plain, or multitudinous hail
Beats upon shallow seas, when angry Jove Flings forth tempestuous and ..."
3. Biographia juridica. A biographical dictionary of the judges of England from by Edward Foss (1870)
"He was entered a gentleman commoner of University College in Oxford, where he
took the degree of BA in 1601, and, in the multitudinous distribution of ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"sky, caused by the multitudinous reflections of the sun's light in the atmosphere
outside of the observatory, and therefore altogether irremediable by any ..."
5. Suffolk Surnames by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (1861)
"NAMES FROM NATIONS, COUNTRIES, TOWNS, &c.; NAMES OF PROMISCUOUS OR Multitudinous
SIGNIFICATIONS. NATIONS are represented by GREEK, ..."
6. A Series of Letters from London Written During the Years 1856, '57, '58, '59 by George Mifflin Dallas, Julia Dallas (1869)
"war, are marked and multitudinous. " Watchman, what of the night?" Shadows,
clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Keep our western star steadily shining, ..."
7. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"Now, though a London street is full of distractions, they become so multitudinous
that they neutralise each other. The whirl of conflicting impulses becomes ..."
8. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"From watery Kid-stars in the western sky Lashes the plain, or multitudinous hail
Beats upon shallow seas, when angry Jove Flings forth tempestuous and ..."
9. Biographia juridica. A biographical dictionary of the judges of England from by Edward Foss (1870)
"He was entered a gentleman commoner of University College in Oxford, where he
took the degree of BA in 1601, and, in the multitudinous distribution of ..."
10. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"sky, caused by the multitudinous reflections of the sun's light in the atmosphere
outside of the observatory, and therefore altogether irremediable by any ..."
11. Suffolk Surnames by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (1861)
"NAMES FROM NATIONS, COUNTRIES, TOWNS, &c.; NAMES OF PROMISCUOUS OR Multitudinous
SIGNIFICATIONS. NATIONS are represented by GREEK, ..."
12. A Series of Letters from London Written During the Years 1856, '57, '58, '59 by George Mifflin Dallas, Julia Dallas (1869)
"war, are marked and multitudinous. " Watchman, what of the night?" Shadows,
clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Keep our western star steadily shining, ..."
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