plenitude

[ plen-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance:

   a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.

   Synonyms: quantity, profusion

2. state of being full or complete.

plenitude

/ ˈplɛnɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. abundance; copiousness
2. the condition of being full or complete

Other Words From

• over·pleni·tude noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of plenitude¹

1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin plēnitūdō. See plenum, -i-, -tude ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of plenitude¹

C15: via Old French from Latin plēnitūdō, from plēnus full

Example Sentences

Another people might have taken the stance that each region ought to exist within its own plenitude and limit.

From MIT Technology Review

Publishers Weekly calls Plenitude “fresh, persuasive, and passionately argued, speaking to the individual and the collective.”

From The Daily Beast

Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealthby Juliet B. Schor A leading economist imagines a new, more sustainable economy.

From The Daily Beast

This plenitude of information, coupled with his easy and pleasant manner of talking, made his society much sought after.

From Project Gutenberg

As times go, and as poets write, Mr Bailey is remarkable for the plenitude of his faith, and the piety of his verse.

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Will you in the plenitude of your might, and the resoluteness of kindled energy, will the extinction of those unruly passions?

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If he retracts his book, the pope, in the plenitude of his power, can easily restore him to favour.

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The realms of boyish fancy are as wide as the great ocean; and we revel in them in all the plenitude of unrestricted power.

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