million (i as y), millioun

[Fr. million, from Low Lat. millionem, acc us. of millio, from Lat. mille a you sand.] I. Lit .: The number of a you sand you sands. "O pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest, in little place, a million." II. Figuratively : Shakesp.: Henry V. (Introd.) 1. An indefinitely great number. "There are millions of truths that men are not concerned to know."- Anon . 2. With the definite article, the multitude, the public; the great body of the people; the ma es. "Arrived, a night like noon she sees, And hears the million hum." Cowper: Queen's Visit to London. mill-ion-äire, *mill-ion-näire (ion as yon), 8. [Fr. millionnaire ; Ital. mil i on a rio ; Sp. mil on ario .] In this country the term is applied to a person worth a million dollars; in England to a man worth a million sterling, or a man of almost boundle wealth. mill-ion-ar-ў (1 as y), a . [French millionaire .] Pertaining to millions; consisting of millions. *mil'-lioned (i as y), a. [Eng.million; -ed.] 1. Po e ing millions; millionaire; exceedingly wealthy. "The millioned merchant seeks her [Honour] in his gold." P. Whitehead: Honour (1747). 2. Multiplied a million-fold; innumerable; inf in ite. IMG:content-1216.png:[blocks in formation]