manyhood

English

Etymology

From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many +‎ -hood.

Noun

manyhood (uncountable)

1. (rare) The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance
   • 1907, William Norman Guthrie, The City of St. Francis: Being Three California Poems, page 27:

     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: — […]

   • 1913, Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism:

     Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing.

Synonyms

• (state or condition of being many): multeity, multipleness; see also Thesaurus:manyness