Plenty

//ˈplɛnti// adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Plentiful. Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard, obsolete

    "if reasons were as plenty as blackberries"

Adverb
  1. 1
    More than sufficiently. Canada, US, not-comparable

    "This office is plenty big enough for our needs."

  2. 2
    Used as an intensifier, very. Canada, US, colloquial, not-comparable

    "She was plenty mad at him."

Adverb
  1. 1
    as much as necessary wordnet
Determiner
  1. 1
    much, enough Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard

    "There'll be plenty time later for that"

  2. 2
    many Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard

    "Get a manicure. Plenty men do it."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  2. 2
    A town in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  3. 3
    A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia
Noun
  1. 1
    A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude. countable, uncountable

    "We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty."

  2. 2
    a full supply wordnet
  3. 3
    (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
Pronoun
  1. 1
    More than enough.

    "Acquire one of these and you'll have plenty of car for your money."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

Etymology 3

From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

Etymology 4

From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

Etymology 5

From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

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