multitudinous

[muhl-ti-tood-n-uh s, -tyood-]

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adjective

forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous.

comprising many items, parts, or elements.

Archaic. crowded or thronged.

Origin of multitudinous

1595–1605; < Latin multitūdin- (stem of multitūdō) multitude + -ous

Related formsmul·ti·tu·di·nous·ly, adverbmul·ti·tu·di·nous·ness, noun

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Related Words for multitudinous

abounding, abundant, considerable, copious, countless, great, infinite, innumerable, legion, manifold, multifarious, myriad, numberless, numerous, populous, profuse, several, sundry, teeming, uncounted

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Historical Examples of multitudinous

The Scottish ballads may scarce be so multitudinous and protean a host as this.
The Balladists
John Geddie
To these multitudinous questions and assertions I made no answer.
Daring and Suffering:
William Pittenger
The multitudinous seed and other characteristics we will pass by for the present.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
Joseph Wild
But the testimony of a witness is open to multitudinous doubts.
Lectures on Evolution
Thomas Henry Huxley
There was a moment of sinister silence, then a multitudinous stirring of the leaves.
Story of My Life
Helen Keller

British Dictionary definitions for multitudinous

multitudinous

adjective

very numerous

rare great in extent, variety, etc

poetic crowded

Derived Formsmultitudinously, adverbmultitudinousness, noun

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Word Origin and History for multitudinous

adj.

c.1600, first in Shakespeare, from Latin multitudin-, stem of multitudo (see multitude) + -ous. Related: Multitudinously; multitudinousness.