multiplicity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mul=ti=plic=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

multiplicity, n. [Cf. F. multiplicité.].

 The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.  South.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

multiplicity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 manifold variety.
2 (foll. by of) a great number.

Etymology

LL multiplicitas (as MULTIPLEX)

THESAURUS

multiplicity

Proteus, abundance, allotropism, allotropy, barrel, countlessness, diversification, diversity, great deal, her infinite variety, heterogeneity, heteromorphism, infinitude, innumerability, lashings, lot, manifoldness, manyness, mass, mess, much, multifariousness, multifoldness, multiformity, multitudinousness, nonuniformity, numerousness, omnifariousness, omniformity, peck, plenty, polymorphism, power, profuseness, profusion, rifeness, shapeshifter, sight, swarmingness, teemingness, variation, variegation, variety, variousness

ROGET THESAURUS

multiplicity

Multitude

N multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio.