multitudinous

[ 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.

multitudinous

/ ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs /

adjective

1. very numerous
2. rare.
   great in extent, variety, etc
3. poetic.
   crowded

Derived Forms

• ˌmultiˈtudinously, adverb
• ˌmultiˈtudinousness, noun

Other Words From

• multi·tudi·nous·ly adverb
• multi·tudi·nous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of multitudinous¹

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

Example Sentences

He left the house in a dream more dense than the multitudinous clamor of his burden.

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If Sophia but knew what it meant to keep going the multitudinous details and departments of a household!

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Out of the multitudinous phases of human experience all the world over innumerable resemblances will be discovered.

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Every now and then, the wind seemed to bear the distant multitudinous sound nearer; and yet there was no wind!

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A cry, rising into a multitudinous commotion of shouts, went up from the gazing mob, ever on the verge of a tumult.

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