Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.ni.əs/ (MEN-ee-us)
Definition:
1. Containing or made up of many things at once; full, layered, and plentiful.
2. Expressing “many, many, many” in a single breath. An overflowing state of multiplicity.
3. Describing something so crowded with detail or meaning that it becomes whole through its abundance.
Etymology:
From many + -eous, a suffix meaning “having the quality of.” Together they form a word that embodies the condition of having much; so much that it fuses into one.
Why it matters:
Manyeous doesn’t count or compare; it captures fullness. It’s the word for a sky packed with stars, a thought tangled with other thoughts, or a feeling that comes in waves instead of one clean line.
Definition:
1. Containing or made up of many things at once; full, layered, and plentiful.
2. Expressing “many, many, many” in a single breath. An overflowing state of multiplicity.
3. Describing something so crowded with detail or meaning that it becomes whole through its abundance.
Etymology:
From many + -eous, a suffix meaning “having the quality of.” Together they form a word that embodies the condition of having much; so much that it fuses into one.
Why it matters:
Manyeous doesn’t count or compare; it captures fullness. It’s the word for a sky packed with stars, a thought tangled with other thoughts, or a feeling that comes in waves instead of one clean line.
“The night was manyeous with voices and light.”
“His memory was manyeous; faces, sounds, moments, all blurred together.”
“The song wasn’t crowded; it was manyeous, like rain falling in rhythm.”
“His memory was manyeous; faces, sounds, moments, all blurred together.”
“The song wasn’t crowded; it was manyeous, like rain falling in rhythm.”
by orsinian November 6, 2025
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