plenteous

[plen-tee-uhs]

adjective

1. plentiful; copious; abundant.

   a plenteous supply of food.

2. yielding abundantly; fruitful.

   a plenteous harvest.

plenteous

/ ˈplɛntɪəs /

adjective

1. ample; abundant

   a plenteous supply of food

2. producing or yielding abundantly

   a plenteous grape harvest

Other Word Forms

• plenteously adverb
• plenteousness noun
• overplenteous adjective
• overplenteously adverb
• overplenteousness noun
• unplenteous adjective
• unplenteously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of plenteous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of plenteous¹

C13 plenteus, from Old French plentivous, from plentif abundant, from plenté _plenty

Example Sentences

This road trip produced plenteous fruits, even as the Wizards planted seeds of poor defense in each city along the way.

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To put it succinctly, Truman took the side of a tiny people with no oil against a plenteous people with lots of it.

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Giving people plenteous options in a private, free market would be the best way to make health insurance accessible and affordable.

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Little TREMBLER, fear no more, Thou hast plenteous crops in store; Seeds, by genial sorrows sown, More than all thy scorners own.

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He calculated that one-fifth of the produce of years so extraordinarily plenteous would serve for the seven scarce years.

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