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mul⋅ti⋅tu⋅di⋅nous

[muhl-ti-tood-n-uhs, -tyood-]
–adjective
1. forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous.
2. comprising many items, parts, or elements.
3. Archaic. crowded or thronged.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L multitūdin- (s. of multitūdō) multitude + -ous


mul⋅ti⋅tu⋅di⋅nous⋅ly, adverb
mul⋅ti⋅tu⋅di⋅nous⋅ness, noun
mul·ti·tu·di·nous   (mŭl'tĭ-tōōd'n-əs, -tyōōd'-)   
adj.  
  1. Very numerous; existing in great numbers.
  2. Consisting of many parts.
  3. Populous; crowded.

[From Latin multitūdō, multitūdin-, multitude; see multitude.]
mul'ti·tu'di·nous·ly adv., mul'ti·tud'in·ous·ness n.

Multitudinous

Mul`ti*tu"di*nous\, a. 1. Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves. "The multitudinous seas." --Shak.

A renewed jingling of multitudinous chains. --G. Kennan.

2. Of or pertaining to a multitude. "The multitudinous tongue." --Shak. -- Mul`ti*tu"di*nous*ly, adv. -- Mul`ti*tu"di*nous*ness, n.
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