multitudinous

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mul·ti·tu·di·nous

(mŭl′tĭ-to͞od′n-əs, -tyo͞od′-)

adj.

1. Very numerous; existing in great numbers.

2. Consisting of many parts.

3. Populous; crowded.

[From Latin multitūdō, multitūdin-, multitude; see multitude.]

mul′ti·tu′di·nous·ly adv.

mul′ti·tud′in·ous·ness n.

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multitudinous

(ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs) or

multitudinary

adj

1. very numerous

2. rare great in extent, variety, etc

3. poetic crowded

ˌmultiˈtudinously adv

ˌmultiˈtudinousness n

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mul•ti•tu•di•nous

(ˌmʌl tɪˈtud n əs, -ˈtyud-)

adj.

1. existing in great numbers; numerous.

2. comprising many parts or elements.

3. Archaic. crowded.

[1595–1605; < Latin multitūdin- multitude + -ous]

mul`ti•tu′di•nous•ly, adv.

mul`ti•tu′di•nous•ness, n.

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Adj.

multitudinous - too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

innumerable, innumerous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable, countless, infinite

incalculable - not capable of being computed or enumerated

multitudinous

adjective numerous, many, considerable, countless, legion, infinite, abounding, abundant, myriad, teeming, innumerable, copious, manifold, profuse He was a man of multitudinous talents.

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multitudinous

adjective

Amounting to or consisting of a large, indefinite number:

legion, many, myriad, numerous.

Idiom: quite a few.

Translations

innumerevole

multitudinous

[ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs] ADJ → muy numeroso, numerosísimo

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multitudinous

adj → zahlreich

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What a murmur of multitudinous tongues, like the whispering leaves of a wind-stirred oak, as the scholars con over their various tasks!

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While he devoted more and more of his time to the plantation itself, she took over the house and its multitudinous affairs; and she took hold firmly, in sailor fashion, revolutionizing the system and discipline.