infinitude

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the state or quality of having no limit or end; boundlessness

   The night sky suggested an infinitude beyond ordinary human scale.

2. 2
   noun

   an unlimited or infinitely large number, amount, or extent

   The proof establishes the infinitude of prime numbers.

Built on infinite with the noun-forming ending -tude, through French and Latin formations expressing an unlimited state. Infinite comes from Latin infinitus, 'unbounded,' formed from in- 'not' + finitus, 'limited,' from finis, 'end or boundary.' Infinitude emphasizes the quality or vast extent of the infinite.

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