plethora

[ pleth-er-uh ]
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noun
  1. overabundance; excess: His crisis brought him a plethora of advice and an almost complete lack of assistance.

  2. a large quantity or wide array; a lot: The co-op program offers a plethora of advantages for students.Visitors are drawn to the main beach, where a plethora of watersports can be enjoyed.

  1. Pathology Archaic. a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.

Origin of plethora

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First recorded in 1535–45; from New Latin, from Greek plēthṓra “fullness,” from plḗthein “to fill, be full”; see also complete, full1

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plethora

/ (ˈplɛθərə) /


noun
  1. superfluity or excess; overabundance

  2. pathol obsolete a condition caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels, characterized esp by a reddish face

Origin of plethora

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C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek plēthōrē fullness, from plēthein to grow full

Derived forms of plethora

  • plethoric (plɛˈθɒrɪk), adjective
  • plethorically, adverb

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