Definition of MULTITUDINOUS

multitudinous

Adjective Satellite

  • too numerous to be counted
    • "the multitudinous seas"

Adj

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

Origin / Etymology

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”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to be late; to worry”)) + -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.

Antonyms

few, sparse

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