Word Study
sundry
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Several; divers; more than one or two; various. [1913 Webster]"With many a sound of sundry melody." [1913 Webster]"Sundry foes the rural realm surround." [1913 Webster]
- Separate; diverse. [1913 Webster]"Every church almost had the Bible of a sundry translation." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sundry, adj. & n.
--adj. various; several (sundry items).
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 (in pl.) items or oddments not mentioned individually.
2 Austral. Cricket = EXTRA n. 5.
--adj. various; several (sundry items).
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 (in pl.) items or oddments not mentioned individually.
2 Austral. Cricket = EXTRA n. 5.
Etymology
OE syndrig separate, rel. to SUNDER
THESAURUS
sundry
all and sundry, assorted, different, divers, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, legion, many, many and various, miscellaneous, mixed, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, of all sorts, populous, quite a few, several, some, upwards of, varied, various, voluminousROGET THESAURUS
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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.For further exploring for "sundry" in Webster Dictionary Online