indefinitude

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noun

The quality of being indefinite or vague.

OriginRenaissance Latin finitūdō →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounindefinitude (countable and uncountable, plural indefinitudes)

plural indefinitudes

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe quality of being indefinite or vague.
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableAn indefinite number or quantity.

    They arise to a strange and prodigious multitude, if not indefinitude, by their various positions, combinations, and conjunctions.

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Renaissance Latinfinitūdō“signifying a noun of state”
  2. Englishindefinitude

From in- + definitude, from in- + de- + Latin fin(is) + -itude or directly from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), from fīnis (“end, limit”) + -tūdō.

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APA

indefinitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indefinitude

MLA

“indefinitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indefinitude. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indefinitude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indefinitude.

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