Multisyllable
(Mul"ti*syl`la*ble) n. [Multi- + syllable.] A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [R.] —
Mul`ti*syl*lab"ic a.
Multititular
(Mul`ti*tit"u*lar) a. [Multi- + titular.] Having many titles.
Multitubular
(Mul`ti*tu"bu*lar) a. [Multi- + tubular.] Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler.
Multitude
(Mul"ti*tude) n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo, multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown
origin.]
1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
Matt. ix. 36. 2. A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of
people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.
It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in their harangues.
I. Watts.
A multitude of flowers
As countless as the stars on high.
Longfellow. 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. 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
(Mul*tiv"a*gant Mul*tiv"a*gous) a. [L. multivagus; multus much + vagus wandering; cf.
vagans, p. pr. of vagari. See Vagary.] Wandering much. [Obs.]
Multivalence
(Mul*tiv"a*lence) n. (Chem.) Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or
radical.
Multivalent
(Mul*tiv"a*lent) a. [Multi- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) (a) Having a valence
greater than one, as silicon. (b) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.
Multivalve
(Mul"ti*valve) n. [Cf. F. multivalve.] (Zoöl.) Any mollusk which has a shell composed of
more than two pieces.
Multivalve
(Mul"ti*valve Mul`ti*val"vu*lar) a. [Multi- + valve, valvular: cf. F. multivalve.]
1. Having many valves.
