multitudinous

[ muhl-ti-tood-n-uhs, -tyood- ]

/ ˌmʌl tɪˈtud n əs, -ˈtyud- /

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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.

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Origin of multitudinous

First recorded in 1600–25; <Latin multitūdin- (stem of multitūdō) multitude + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM multitudinous

mul·ti·tu·di·nous·ly, adverbmul·ti·tu·di·nous·ness, noun

Words nearby multitudinous

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How to use multitudinous in a sentence

He left the house in a dream more dense than the multitudinous clamor of his burden.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
If Sophia but knew what it meant to keep going the multitudinous details and departments of a household!
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
Out of the multitudinous phases of human experience all the world over innumerable resemblances will be discovered.
Comparative Religion|J. Estlin Carpenter
Every now and then, the wind seemed to bear the distant multitudinous sound nearer; and yet there was no wind!
North and South|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

A cry, rising into a multitudinous commotion of shouts, went up from the gazing mob, ever on the verge of a tumult.
The False Chevalier|William Douw Lighthall

British Dictionary definitions for multitudinous

multitudinous

/ (ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs) /

adjective

very numerous

rare great in extent, variety, etc

poetic crowded

Derived forms of multitudinous

multitudinously, adverbmultitudinousness, noun

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