plenteous
Americanadjective
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plentiful; copious; abundant.
a plenteous supply of food.
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yielding abundantly; fruitful.
a plenteous harvest.
adjective
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ample; abundant
a plenteous supply of food
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producing or yielding abundantly
a plenteous grape harvest
Other Word Forms
- overplenteous adjective
- overplenteously adverb
- overplenteousness noun
- plenteously adverb
- plenteousness noun
- unplenteous adjective
- unplenteously adverb
Etymology
Origin of plenteous
1250–1300; Middle English plenteus ( plenty, -ous ); replacing Middle English plentivous < Old French plentivos, equivalent to plentif abundant ( plent ( e ) plenty + -if -ive ) + -os -ous
Example Sentences
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This road trip produced plenteous fruits, even as the Wizards planted seeds of poor defense in each city along the way.
From Washington Post
To put it succinctly, Truman took the side of a tiny people with no oil against a plenteous people with lots of it.
From Washington Post
Giving people plenteous options in a private, free market would be the best way to make health insurance accessible and affordable.
From US News
Little TREMBLER, fear no more, Thou hast plenteous crops in store; Seeds, by genial sorrows sown, More than all thy scorners own.
From Project Gutenberg
He calculated that one-fifth of the produce of years so extraordinarily plenteous would serve for the seven scarce years.
From Project Gutenberg
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