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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

manyhood en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance
    • Then shalt thou rede the blessed law of the singleness that dieth for the more holy round of manyhood, to thrive, and speechless say by what we be: — […] 1907, William Norman Guthrie, The City of St. Francis: Being Three California Poems, page 27:
    • Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. 1913, Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism:

Synonyms

multeity (state or condition of being many) · multipleness