manyhood
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many + -hood.
Noun[edit]
manyhood (uncountable)
- (rare) The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance
- 1907, William Norman Guthrie, The City of St. Francis: Being Three California Poems, page 27:
- 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: — […]
- 1913, Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism:
- Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing.
Synonyms[edit]
- (state or condition of being many): multeity, multipleness; see also Thesaurus:manyness