Adj. polymorphous,
multiform,
multifold,
multifarious,
multigenerous,
multiplex,
heterogeneous,
diversified, dissimilar, various, varied,
variform,
manifold,
many-sided,
variegated,
motley, mosaic,
epicene,
indiscriminate,
desultory, irregular, mixed, different,
assorted, mingled, odd,
diverse,
divers, all manner of, of every description, of all sorts and kinds, et hoc genus omne, and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis,
jumbled, confused, mixed up,
discordant,
inharmonious,
unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform,
omniform,
omnigenous,
omnifarious, protean (form) 240
Phr. "harmoniously confused", "variety's the very spice of life"
N. multitude, numerous,
numerosity, numerality,
multiplicity,
profusion,
legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers,
array, sight, army, sea,
galaxy, scores,
peck,
bushel,
shoal,
swarm, draught,
bevy, cloud, flock,
herd, drove, flight,
covey,
hive,
brood,
litter,
farrow,
fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority,
multiplication,
multiple V. be numerous, swarm with, teem with, creep with, crowd,
swarm, come thick upon, outnumber, multiply, people, swarm like locusts, swarm like bees
Adj. many, several,
sundry,
divers, various, not a few,
briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty &c, half a dozen, half a hundred &c, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose,
profuse, in profusion,
manifold, multiplied,
multitudinous,
multiple,
multinominal,
teeming,
populous, peopled, crowded, thick,
studded,
galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless
Phr. their name is "legion", acervatim, en foule, "many- headed multitude", "numerous as glittering gems of morning dew", vel prece vel pretio
N. writing,
chirography,
stelography,
cerography,
penmanship, craftmanship, quill driving,
typewriting, writing, manuscript, ms, literae scriptae, these presents, stroke of the pen, dash of the pen, coupe de plume, line,
headline, pen and ink, letter, uncial writing, cuneiform character,
arrowhead,
ogham, runes,
hieroglyphic, contraction, brahmi,
devanagari, nagari,
script,
shorthand,
stenography,
brachygraphy,
tachygraphy, secret writing, writing in cipher,
cryptography,
stenography,
phonography,
pasigraphy,
polygraphy,
logography, copy,
transcript,
rescript, rough copy, fair copy,
handwriting,
signature, sign manual,
autograph,
monograph,
holograph, hand,
fist,
calligraphy, good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand,
cacography, griffonage, barbouillage, bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand,
scribble, pattes de mouche, ill-formed letters, pothooks and hangers,
stationery, pen,
quill, goose quill, pencil, style, paper,
foolscap,
parchment,
vellum,
papyrus,
tablet, slate, marble,
pillar, table,
blackboard, ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well,
typewriter,
transcription, inscription,
superscription,
graphology, composition,
authorship, cacoethes scribendi, graphoidea, graphomania, phrenoia, writer,
scribe,
amanuensis,
scrivener, secretary, clerk,
penman,
copyist,
transcriber, quill driver,
stenographer,
typewriter, typist, writer for the press
V. write, pen, copy,
engross, write out, write out fair,
transcribe,
scribble,
scrawl,
scrabble,
scratch,
interline, stain paper, write down, sign, enface,
compose,
indite, draw up,
draft,
formulate,
dictate,
inscribe, throw on paper, dash off,
manifold, take up the pen, take pen in hand, shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink
Adv. currente calamo, pen in hand
Phr. audacter et sincere, le style est l'homme meme, "nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill", scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons, "that mighty instrument of little men", "the pen became a clarion"