multitudinous

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multitudinous

/ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/ UK
/-ˈt͡ʃuː-/ UK
/ˌməltəˈt(j)ud(ɪ)n̩əs/ US

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Learned borrowing from Latin multitūdin- (the oblique stem of multitūdō (“great number (of people), multitude”)) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Multitūdō is derived from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition or state). By surface analysis, multitude + -in- (interfix used before Latinate suffixes appended to nouns ending with -itude or -tude) + -ous.

adjective more multitudinous · most multitudinous

Existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous; innumerable. The great impoſtume of the realme vvas dravvne / Euen to a head: the multitudinous ſpavvne / VVas the corruption, vvhich did make it ſvvell / VVith hop'd ſedition (the burnt ſeed of hell.)
Similar: myriad, countless, innumerable, numberless, uncountable, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, untold · Opposite: few, sparse, scarce
Comprising a large number of features or parts; manifold, multiple, myriad; also, having a large number of forms. [I]n a State ſo multitudinous, where ſo many flocks of people muſt be fed, it is impoſſible to haue ſome Trades to ſtand, if they ſhould not Lye.
Similar: countless, legion, eighty-eleven, eleventeen, eleventy, feelefold, fifty-eleven, forty-eleven, manifold, many, manyfold, morefold
Of a sound: made by many people. From the whole extent of the invisible vale came a multitudinous intonation; it forced upon their fancy that a great city lay below them, and that the murmur was the vociferation of its populace.
Similar: countless, legion, eighty-eleven, eleventeen, eleventy, feelefold, fifty-eleven, forty-eleven, manifold, many, manyfold, morefold
literary, poetic Of a body of water, the sea, etc.: huge, vast; also, having innumerable ripples. VVill all great Neptunes ocean vvaſh this blood / Cleane from my Hand? no: this my Hand vvill rather / The multitudinous Seas incarnardine, / Making the Greene one, Red.
obsolete, poetic Followed by with: crowded with many people or things. The transport of a fierce and monstrous gladness / Spread thro' the multitudinous streets, fast flying / Upon the winds of fear; […]
obsolete, rare Of or relating to the multitude (“common people; masses”). You […] That preferre / A Noble life, before a Long, and VViſh / To iumpe a Body vvith a dangerous Phyſicke, / That's ſure of death vvithout it: at once plucke out / The Multitudinous Tongue, let them not licke / The ſvveet vvhich is their poyſon.
figuratively, obsolete, rare Very fruitful or productive; prolific. [T]wo very multitudinous versifiers, Mr. Nightshade and Mr. Mac Laurel, who followed the trade of poetry, but occasionally indulged themselves in the composition of bad criticism.

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adj existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous — see also innumerable

Español	multitudinario
日本語	百千万 hyakusenman
中文	无数的 wúshùde
Português	multitudinário
Deutsch	Massen-

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@misc{multitudinous_2026,
  title = {multitudinous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/multitudinous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}