innumerable

Adjective
US[in-oo-mer-uh-buhl]/ˌɪˈnumɚəbəl/5 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. too numerous to be counted“countless hours”“an infinite number of reasons”“innumerable difficulties”“the multitudinous seas”“myriad stars”Synonyms: countlessinfiniteinnumerousmultitudinousmyriadnumberlessuncountedunnumberableunnumberedunnumerableOpposite calculableSimilar incalculable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In·nu′mer·a·ble adjective

Origin: L. innumerabilis: cf. F. innumefable. See In- not, and Numerable.

Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.

Innumerable as the stars of night.— John Milton

— In·nu′wb-a1′>′mer·a·ble·ness, noun — In·nu′wb-a1′>′mer·a·bly, adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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