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multitudinous Definition

multi·tu·di·nous (mul′tə to̵̅o̅d'n əs, -tyo̵̅o̅d-)

adjective

  1. very numerous; many
  2. consisting of many parts, elements etc.; manifold
  3. Rare holding a multitude; crowded

Etymology: < L multitudo (gen. multitudinis), multitude + -ous

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multitudinous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • life: Another concept which enriches our understanding is that of the One Life manifesting in the diversity of the multitudinous lives of the physical plane.
  • family: Among the multitudinous family he married into, he noted " the Pakenham habit of contradicting anything anyone else says " .
  • man: Its crest was torn and scarred with mighty excavations, where multitudinous tiny men swarmed over new trenches and barbed-wire tangles.
  • sea: Below them boils that multitudinous sea of millions that think differently, that have always thought differently, that will always think differently.
  • thing: My critical nature had not solved one of the multitudinous things I had found fault with.