deplethoricadj.
/dɪˈplɛθərɪk//diːplɪˈθɒrɪk/ Characterized by the absence of plethora.
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1837 T. Doubleday in Blackwood's Mag. 41 365 In order to remedy this [plethoric state of plants], gardeners and florists are accustomed to produce the opposite, or ‘deplethoric state’, by artificial means. This they denominate ‘giving a check’.
1882 Pop. Sc. Monthly Nov. 39 Doubleday attempted to demonstrate that..the deplethoric state is favorable to fertility.
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adj.1837- to crumple up
- to crusade it
- to crush a cup of wine
- to crush a pot of ale
- to crush against, into, out of, through
- to crush in the egg
- to crush one's way
- to crutch it
- to cry a person mercy
- to cry a person notchel
- to cry a person quit
- to cry against
- to cry aim
- to cry all the way to the bank
- to cry back
- to cry bid fie upon
- to cry bloody murder
- to cry blue murder
- to cry clink
- to cry cock
- to cry content with
- to arrest judgement
- to arrive
- to arrive at one's fingers' ends
- to arrive late to the party