Plethoric
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
"a horse-leech, whose deep maw The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill, And who, till full, will cling for ever."
- 2 Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied.
"the judges [...] were arranging their robes and coughing into their fists, the ebb and flow of their plethoric wigs like a flock of sheep on the run."
- 3 Full or excessively full.
"Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack! See the Malt stored in many a plethoric sack, In the proud cirque of Juan's bivouac!"
- 1 excessively abundant wordnet
Example
More examples"a horse-leech, whose deep maw The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill, And who, till full, will cling for ever."
Etymology
From Late Latin plethoricus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), from πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “plethora”). By surface analysis, plethora + -ic.
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