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plenteous, a. (adv.) Now chiefly poetic.|ˈplɛntɪəs|
Forms: α. 4–5 plentifous, -efous, -evous, 5 -yfous, -ivous(e, -yvows. β. (u for v) 4 -euus, 4–5 -euous(e, -iuous(e, -yuous, 5 -euose. γ. 4 plentwis, 5–6 -uous(e, 6 -uus. δ. 4 plenteus, 5– 6 -ius, -ious(e, -yous, -iose, 6 -yus, -eouse, 6– plenteous. (Also 5–6 plaint-.)
[ME. plentifous, -ivous, a. OF. plentivous (c 1220 in Godef.), plentevous, -veus, -vious, extended forms of plentif, f. plenté plenty: see -ive, -ous. Reduced through the successive stages plentivous, -evous, -euous, -uous, to -ious, -eous. Cf. bounteous.]
1. Present or existing in plenty or in full supply; abundant, plentiful, copious.
a1340Hampole Psalter xci. 14 Þai sall be multyplyed in plentifous elde. Ibid. cxxix. 7 At him plentevous bying. 1340― Pr. Consc. 4618 We haf pees and welthe plenteuus. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii. (Machor) 1067 Thru plentwis gyft of goddis grace. 1388Wyclif Ps. cxxix. [cxxx.] 7 Plenteous redempcioun is at hym. c1400Destr. Troy 341 In yche place of the playne with plentius stremes. Ibid. 3153 Þere pepull are so plaintiose & placis of strenght. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 169 b, With the plenteous infusyon of grace. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) C c iij, More plentuous advantage shal come hereof. 1554–9Songs & Ball. (1860) 4 A plentyus newe yeres gyfft. 1715–20Pope Iliad viii. 634 The flaming piles with plenteous fuel raise. 1830Coleridge Ch. & St. (1839) 277 A plenteous crop of such philosophers and truth-trumpeters. 1868Lynch Rivulet cxlvi. iii, He bears the plenteous living grain.
2. Bearing or yielding abundantly; fertile, prolific, productive. Const. in, of.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 531 In god contreie & plentiuous. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. metr. ii. 4 The plentyuos Autompne. 1388Wyclif Ps. lxiv. [lxv.] 14 The..valeis schulen be plenteuouse of wheete. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xii. 51 Þe flum Iordan..es riȝt plentifous of fisch. c1400Beryn 1496 So plentivouse this world is of iniquite! 1535Joye Apol. Tindale (Arb.) 37 John..beyng so plentuouse in telling one thing so ofte and so many ways. 1541Bellenden Descr. Alb. ix. in Cron. Scot. B vj b, This firth [of Forth] is rycht plentuus of coclis, osteris, muschellis, selch, pellok, merswyne and quhalis. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. i. iv. 43 Her plenteous wombe Expresseth his full Tilth, and husbandry. 1682R. Burton Admirable Curios. 8 The Soil plenteous of Corn, Cattle, Waters, and Woods. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola xxi, The seasons had been plenteous in corn.
†3. Possessing or having abundance; abundantly provided or supplied; rich. Obs.
a1340Hampole Psalter xi. 8 Here as helples & pore bot in heuen as plentefous & riche. c1491Chast. Goddes Chyld. 19 Yf they can thenne well gader togider frute and herbes of vertues than shall thei be plenteuous. 1581W. Stafford Exam. Compl. i. (1876) 19 We be not so plentious as we haue bene, the first fruits and tenthes are deducted of our liuings. 1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. ii. 55 It had beene long evill ruled by evill Officers, so that the Land could not be plenteous neither with Merchandize, chaffer, nor riches.
†4. Giving abundantly; generous, liberal, bountiful. Obs.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 80 Ne beth plentyuous to be pore as pure charite wolde. 1531Elyot Gov. iii. iv, Be a man neuer so valiaunt, so wise, so liberall or plentuous. 1617Fletcher Valentinian v. viii, From thy plenteous hand divine, Let a river run with Wine. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 604 With plenteous Hand Bring Clovergrass. a1700Dryden Hymn, ‘Creator Spirit, by whose Aid’ iii, Plenteous of Grace, descend from high, Rich in thy Sevenfold Energy!
†B. adv. = plenteously. Obs. rare.
c1400Destr. Troy 9504 Pesis of plates plentius mekyll. Ibid. 11492 The grekes Were of pepull & pouer plaintius mony. |