Vocabulary Word
Word: multiplicity
Definition: state of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element
Definition: state of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element
Sentences Containing 'multiplicity'
Besides what may be called the warehouse rent above mentioned, each person, upon first opening an account with the bank, pays a fee of ten guilders; and for every new account, three guilder's three stivers; for every transfer, two stivers; and if the transfer is for less than 300 guilders, six stivers, in order to discourage the multiplicity of small transactions.
The "Imitatio Christi" may have been translated into as many different languages, and perhaps "Robinson Crusoe" and the "Vicar of Wakefield" into nearly as many, but in multiplicity of translations and editions "Don Quixote" leaves them all far behind.
An ancient Hawaiian war-club or spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon.
Ere now it has been related how Ahab was wont to pace his quarter-deck, taking regular turns at either limit, the binnacle and mainmast; but in the multiplicity of other things requiring narration it has not been added how that sometimes in these walks, when most plunged in his mood, he was wont to pause in turn at each spot, and stand there strangely eyeing the particular object before him.
More Vocab Words
::: enterprising - full of initiative; showing enterprise::: eminent - rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position
::: voluptuous - sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous person
::: prosper - become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care
::: lottery - contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
::: fester - rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
::: contrived - unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.
::: tutelage - guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction
::: protean - able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will
::: trite - hackneyed; commonplace
