plenitude
[plen-i-tood, -tyood]
- 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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A pretty plea to a beloved object in the plenitude of her power!
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plenitude
- abundance; copiousness
- the condition of being full or complete
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Word Origin
C15: via Old French from Latin plēnitūdō, from plēnus full
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Word Origin and History for 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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