Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Number or quantity beyond determination or estimation.
- noun Indefiniteness; want of precision.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The quality of being
indefinite orvague . - noun obsolete An indefinite
number orquantity .
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A considerable flow of daylight thus diverted, The Convenience Merchandise Corner, even of early afternoon, fades out into half-discernible corners; a rear-wall display of overalls and striped denim coats crowded back into indefinitude, the haberdashery counter, with a giant gilt shirt-stud suspended above, hardly more outstanding.
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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