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.

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1 profusion, quantity.

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Origin of plenitude

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

OTHER WORDS FROM plenitude

o·ver·plen·i·tude, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH plenitude

plentiful, plenitude

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How to use plenitude in a sentence

Another people might have taken the stance that each region ought to exist within its own plenitude and limit.
How we drained California dry|Mark Arax|December 16, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Publishers Weekly calls Plenitude “fresh, persuasive, and passionately argued, speaking to the individual and the collective.”
This Week's Hot Reads|The Daily Beast|June 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealthby Juliet B. Schor A leading economist imagines a new, more sustainable economy.
This Week's Hot Reads|The Daily Beast|June 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This plenitude of information, coupled with his easy and pleasant manner of talking, made his society much sought after.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing

As times go, and as poets write, Mr Bailey is remarkable for the plenitude of his faith, and the piety of his verse.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
Will you in the plenitude of your might, and the resoluteness of kindled energy, will the extinction of those unruly passions?
The Portland Sketch Book|Various
If he retracts his book, the pope, in the plenitude of his power, can easily restore him to favour.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
The realms of boyish fancy are as wide as the great ocean; and we revel in them in all the plenitude of unrestricted power.
Sir Jasper Carew|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for plenitude

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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