Plethory

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plethora. archaic

    "[T]he appetite falls down like a horseleech, when it is ready to burst with putrefaction and an unwholesome plethory […]."

  2. 2
    A plethora; a dangerous excess of something. obsolete

    "‘It is, indeed, owing to a plethory of matter that his style is so faulty.’"

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"[T]he appetite falls down like a horseleech, when it is ready to burst with putrefaction and an unwholesome plethory […]."

Etymology

Alteration of Latin plethora after + -y.

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