multeity en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin multus (“much, many”).
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable, 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', London: Edward Moxon, 1836, page 197:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| multeities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
manyhood (state or condition of being many) · multipleness