3. The state of being many; numerousness. They came as grasshoppers for multitude. Judg. vi. 5. The multitude, the populace; the mass of men.
Syn. — Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm; populace; vulgar. See Throng.
MULTITUDINARY
Mul`ti*tu"di*na*ry, a.
Defn: Multitudinous.
MULTITUDINOUS
Mul`ti*tu"di*nous, a.
1. Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves. "The multitudinous seas." Shak. A renewed jingling of multitudinous chains. G. Kennan.
2. Of or pertaining to a multitude. "The multitudinous tongue." Shak.
— Mul`ti*tu"di*nous*ly, adv.
— Mul`ti*tu"di*nous*ness, n.
MULTIVAGANT; MULTIVAGOUS Mul*tiv"a*gant, Mul*tiv"a*gous, a. Etym: [L. multivagus; multus much + vagus wandering; cf. vagans, p.pr. of vagari. See Vagary.]
Defn: Wandering much. [Obs.]
MULTIVALENCE
Mul*tiv"a*lence, n. (Chem.)