Meanings
- rareuncountableThe state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance
Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing.
1913, Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism1 more example
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 27Synonyms: multeity, multipleness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance
Origin
- Middle English*manyhode
- Englishmanyhood
From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many + -hood.
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