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plentitude|ˈplɛntɪtjuːd| Erroneous form of plenitude, influenced by plenty a. (Prob. in some cases a misprint.)
1615T. Adams Spir. Navig. 3 A happy and excellent knowledge given to the saints, and that in a wonderfull plentitude. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 22 The plentitude of the universe. 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. i, They were met..by..Peter Peebles, in his usual plentitude of wig and celsitude of hat. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake (1964) ii. 241 A plentitude of house torts. 1944Auden For Time Being (1945) 47 It was therefore only necessary for you to presuppose one genius, one unrivalled I to wish these wonders in all their endless plentitude and novelty. 1978Dædalus Summer 197 This ‘natural man’ enjoys a plentitude of being. |