MULTITUDINOUS


Meaning of MULTITUDINOUS in English

|məltə|tüd ə nəs, -tə.|tyü- adjective

Etymology: Latin multitudin-, multitudo multitude + English -ous

1. : including a multitude of individuals : populous

the invasion of nature by multitudinous man — H.S.Canby

in the multitudinous city — W.S.Maugham

2. : existing in a great multitude : myriad

the mosquitoes were multitudinous and fierce — Claud Cockburn

evaluates the multitudinous happenings of the day — F.L.Mott

lunch of multitudinous hors d'oeuvres — Jean Stafford

3. : existing in or consisting of innumerable forms, particles, elements, or aspects

filling the air with a multitudinous musical clamor — John Burroughs

urgent demand upon my attention made by the multitudinous world around me — Richard Church

the long multitudinous rain — Carl Sandburg

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.