infinitenessn.
Now rare.
The quality or condition of being infinite; infinitude, infinity.
a. Boundlessness, illimitableness.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun]
endlessness1340
everbleving1340
infinityc1374
everlastingnessa1382
immensityc1450
infiniteness1534
infinition?1605
illimitation1610
immenseness1610
incomprehensibleness1611
incircumscriptibleness1615
boundlessnessa1619
indefinity1623
unlimitedness1631
unboundedness1640
infinitude1641
incomprehensibility1650
incircumscription1651
ever-beingness1674
extendlessnessa1676
indefinitudea1676
uncircumscribedness1679
interminability1681
interminableness1682
illimitedness1703
limitlessness1839
illimitability1841
illimitableness1845
uncircumscription1852
unconditionedness1854
unbeginningness1862
beginninglessness1865
ever-duringness1868
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > eternity
eternityc1374
everlastingtya1382
everlastingnessa1425
infinity1532
infiniteness1534
eternality1548
ayness1587
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. D.1 To the entent we maye auoyde that infynytenesse of Ennius, that degree is nygher that is of the same kynne.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Infynytenes, apiria.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) ii. xv. 232 They which by faith perceive what he is, have comprehended the whole infinitenesse of heavenly good things.
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 39 Shewing his..perfection, goodnesse, infinitenes.
1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 36 What is Infinitenesse? It is an essentiall property of God, whereby all things in his essence are signified to be without measure and quantity.
1700 D. Phillips Proteus Redivivus 11 The Schools talk of the Infiniteness of Space.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 109 The thoughts that rise In time-destroying infiniteness.
1894 F. M. Elliot Rom. Gossip v. 162 There was infiniteness in the look-out over a boundless sea.
b. Indefiniteness of amount or number; usually in hyperbolical sense: The state of being exceedingly great or numerous; immensity, vastness; immense quantity or number.
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the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun]
multitudec1350
numberc1390
pluralitya1398
manynessc1500
multitudine1547
umberment1550
infiniteness1579
numbers1591
populacy1597
plurity1600
numerosity1611
populosity1614
numerousness1631
populousness1651
multitudinousness1653
multitudinosity1840
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > infinity of amount
infiniteness1579
infinity1581
infinitude1641
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule Ep. Ded. sig. Aijv The infinitenesse of creatures doeth declare the power.
a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) x. 70 Very few in respect of that infinitenesse of people, wherewith Ægypt doth, and euer did abound.
1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iv. sig. H2v More base in the infinitenesse of her sensuality, Then corruption can infect.
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea ii. 124 Complaining on the infinitenesse of his miseries.
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