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indefinitude|ɪndɪˈfɪnɪtjuːd|
[f. in-3 + definitude (or f. indefinite after definitude).]
†1. The condition of having no known or assignable limit; undefined or undefinable number or amount. Obs.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. iv. 157 They arise to a strange and prodigious multitude, if not indefinitude, by their various Positions, Combinations, and Conjunctions.
2. Want of definiteness or precision; indefiniteness, undefined state.
1827G. Beauclerk Journ. Marocco Ded., Until it has arrived at years of discretion..an indefinitude of age both in books and men. 1833Sir W. Hamilton Discuss., Eng. Treat. Logic (1853) 146 The vacillation or indefinitude of Aristotle himself in regard to the number of the modes. 1854R. G. Latham Native Races Russian Emp. 248 They are measures of the extent to which the author who uses them eschews indefinitude. |