Multitudinous

/ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/ · adjective

Meaning

Existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous; innumerable..

Definitions by Sense

1. Existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous; innumerable.
2. Comprising a large number of features or parts; manifold, multiple, myriad; also, having a large number of forms.
3. (chiefly literary and poetic) Of a body of water, the sea, etc.: huge, vast; also, having innumerable ripples.
4. Followed by with: crowded with many people or things.
5. Of or relating to the multitude (“common people; masses”).
6. Very fruitful or productive; prolific.

Example Sentences

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.)

There vvas alſo another parting ſpeach, vvhich vvas to haue been preſented in the perſon of a youth, and accompanied vvith diuerſe Gentlemens yonger ſonnes of the Countrey, but by reaſon of the Multitudinous preſſe, vvas alſo hindred.

[T]he foundation of all, the Trinity, undermined by thoſe numerous, thoſe multitudinous Anthills of Socinians, that overflovv ſome parts of the Chriſtian vvorld, and multiply every vvhere.

For certainly it is as true in making our approaches and petitions to our Lord the king, as in the pouring out of our prayers and ſupplications to the Lord our God: the more multitudinous and united the Petitioners are, the more like to ſpeed.

The City [was] at that time much peſtered vvith the Puritan Faction, vvhich vvas grovvn multitudinous and ſtrong by reaſon of the ſmall abode vvhich the Dean and Prebendaries made amongſt them, the dull connivance of their Biſhop, and the remiſs Government of their Metropolitan, […]

Inv[oice]. […] [I]s your family pretty large and extenſive? / Devil. Multitudinous as the ſands on the beach, or the moats in a ſun-beam: Hovv the deuce elſe do you think vve could do all the buſineſs belovv?

The lesser fowls / Flock multitudinous in heaven, and fly / Before the Eagle's coming.

In the multitudinous whimseys of a disabled mind and body, the thick-coming fancies often occur to me that the events which affect my life and adventures are specially shaped to disappoint my purposes.

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• more multitudinous
• most multitudinous

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