multitude
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multitude
- /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/ UK
- [-t͡ʃ-] UK
- /ˈmʊltɪt͡ʃuːd/ Northern England
- /ˈmʌltəˌt(j)ud/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”), borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- + -itude.
noun multitudes
- A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion. Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
- The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil
