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plenitude

[ plen-i-tood, -tyood ]
/ ˈplɛn ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /
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noun

fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
state of being full or complete.

RELATED WORDS

profusion, plethora, mine, copiousness, prosperity, capacity, wealth, lots, masses, flood, enough, luxury, sufficiency, affluence, store, volume, fund, peck, abundance, oodles

Nearby words

  1. plenary indulgence,
  2. plench,
  3. plenipotent,
  4. plenipotentiary,
  5. plenish,
  6. plenitudinous,
  7. pleno jure,
  8. plenteous,
  9. plenteously,
  10. plentiful

Origin of plenitude

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin plēnitūdō. See plenum, -i-, tude
Related formso·ver·plen·i·tude, noun
Can be confusedplanetary plenary plentiful plenitude
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plenitude

/ (ˈplɛnɪˌtjuːd) /

noun

abundance; copiousness
the condition of being full or complete

Word Origin for plenitude

C15: via Old French from Latin plēnitūdō, from plēnus full
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Word Origin and History for plenitude

plenitude

n.

early 15c., from Old French plenitude and directly from Latin plenitudinem (nominative plenitudo) "abundance, completeness, fullness," from plenus "complete, full" (see plenary).

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