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indefinitude

indefinitude noun: the quality of being indefinite or vague.

Noun

indefinitude (countable and uncountable, plural indefinitudes)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being indefinite or vague.
  2. (obsolete) An indefinite number or quantity.
    • They arise to a strange and prodigious multitude, if not indefinitude, by their various positions, combinations, and conjunctions.a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

Forms of indefinitude

pluralindefinitudes

Origin of indefinitude

From in- + definitude, from in- + de- + Latin fin(is) + -itude or directly from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), from fīnis (“end, limit”) + -tūdō.

Questions about indefinitude

What does indefinitude mean?
Indefinitude means the quality of being indefinite or vague.
What part of speech is indefinitude?
Indefinitude is a noun.
What is the plural of indefinitude?
The plural of indefinitude is indefinitudes.

Words near indefinitude in the dictionary

  1. indefinitiveness
  2. indefinitize
  3. indefinitized
  4. indefinitizes
  5. indefinitizing
  6. indefinitude
  7. indefinitudes
  8. indefinity
  9. indeflectible
  10. indeformable
  11. indefs

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