Plenteous Definition

plĕntē-əs
adjective
Marked by or being in abundance; plentiful; copious.
Webster's New World
Producing abundantly; fruitful; productive.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Plenteous

  • From Middle English, circa 1300, from Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich") (early 13th century), from plentif (“abundant"), from plenté (“abundance") (Modern French pleinté, English plenty), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness"), from plenus (“complete, full"), from Proto-Indo-European *plÌ¥h₁nós (“full").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English alteration of plentivous from Old French plentiveus from plentif from plente plenty plenty

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Plenteous Sentence Examples

  • Rain is most plenteous in the critical months of the year.

  • His voice is musical, metallic, fit for loud laughter and piercing wail, and all that may lie between; speech and speculation free and plenteous; I do not meet in these late decades such company over a pipe."

  • It is remarkable that all the insectivorous plants agree in inhabiting damp heaths, bogs, marshes and similar situations where water is abundant, but where they are not brought into contact with the plenteous supply of inorganic nitrogenous food as are the roots of terrestrial plants.

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