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multeity

multeity noun: manifoldness; multiplicity; the quality of being many.

Noun

multeity (usually uncountable, plural multeities)

  1. (rare, usually) manifoldness; multiplicity; the quality of being many.
    • When the whole and the parts are seen at once, as mutually producing and explaining each other, as unity in multeity, there results shapeliness—forma formosa.1821 May 4, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [Letter beginning "Mr. and Mrs. Gillman's kind love […] "]; republished in Letters, Conversations, and Recollections of S. T. Coleridge, volume 1, as 'Letter 17'...

Synonyms of multeity

Forms of multeity

pluralmulteities

Origin of multeity

From Latin multus (“much, many”).

Questions about multeity

What does multeity mean?
Multeity means manifoldness; multiplicity; the quality of being many.
What part of speech is multeity?
Multeity is a noun.
What is the plural of multeity?
The plural of multeity is multeities.

Words near multeity in the dictionary

  1. multanimous
  2. Multanis
  3. multarticulate
  4. multee kertever
  5. multeities
  6. multeity
  7. multenion
  8. multenions
  9. multhiomycin
  10. multi
  11. multi box

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