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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

plenary indulgence, plench, plenipotent, plenipotentiary, plenish, plenitude, plenitudinous, pleno jure, plenteous, plentiful, plenty

Origin of plenitude

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

Related forms

o·ver·plen·i·tude, noun

Can be confused

planetary 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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