moitedume

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since the 13th century (muytedũe). Semi-learned borrowing from Latin multitūdō. Compare Portuguese multidão, Spanish muchedumbre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moitedume f (plural moitedumes)

  1. (archaic or literary) heap, crowd
    Synonym: multitude

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “muytedu_e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “muytedũe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • moitedume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • moitedume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.