plethoricadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈplɛθ(ə)rɪk/,

/plɛˈθɒrɪk/,

/plᵻˈθɒrɪk/, U.S.

/ˈplɛθərɪk/,

/pləˈθɔrɪk/

Forms:

α. Middle English plectoric, Middle English plectorik, 1500s plectoricke.

β. Middle English plettorik, Middle English plettorike, 1500s–1600s plethoricke, 1500s–1600s plethorique, 1600s pletherick, 1600s–1700s plethorick, 1600s– plethoric.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin plethoricus, plectoricus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin plethoricus plethoric (5th cent. in medical texts), plectoricus (c1230–50 in Bartholomaeus Anglicus) < Hellenistic Greek πληθωρικός (Galen) < πληθώρα plethora n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Old French, Middle French plectorique (1314; also in Middle French as plectoric (1492 or earlier) and in Middle French, French as †pléthoric (1549); French pléthorique (1611), also attested as noun and in figurative use from the 19th cent.), Spanish pletórico, adjective (1493 or earlier), Italian pletorico, adjective (a1493 as †plectorico; also as †plettorico (1574)), all earliest in a medical context.

A. adj.

1. Medicine. Suffering from or affected by plethora; of the nature of or characterized by plethora; having a ruddy complexion and a full, fleshy body; excessively full of blood, congested.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > excess of blood

plethorica1398

plethorical1603

plethorya1643

plethoretic1725

plethoretical1882

plethorous1906

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 80^v Þe body is plectorik [L. plectorica] & replete.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 110^v (MED) If þe bodi be plectorik and þe pacient myȝti of vertu, he schal be laten blood.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. v. 215 In a plethoricke or full bodie.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 172 Such as haue plethoricke and full bodies.

1652 J. Finch Let. 27 Apr./7 May in Conway Lett. (1992) ii. 62 Mr Baines..objected that my Asthma being a cold distemper and my body no whit pletherick..to take away blood was to hinder..my cure.

1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 563 Daniel Wright aged about 19 years, of a sanguine and plethoric constitution,..was seiz'd with a dizziness and pain.

1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 130 Bleeding is indeed generally allowed, if the patient is plethorick, and there is blood enough.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 51 A young man,..of a plethoric habit.

1846 Lancet 11 Apr. 417/2 Cases were also related in which purpura was attended by a plethoric or congestive condition of the vessels.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 447/1 If the animal is in a plethoric condition administer a purgative.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. i, in Mod. Comedy (1929) 525 Trotty little ladies with dresses tight blown about trotty little figures, plethoric generals in armchairs.

1967 W. Golding Pyramid (1969) 6 His huge chest, meaty fists and plethoric face with its eyes so belligerently popping.

1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) ii. 122 With monochorionic twins intermingling blood supply may result in disparate size of the twins and one being born plethoric (hence jaundiced later), the other anaemic.

1993 Med. Econ. (Nexis) 24 May 61 Although the obese, plethoric 64-year-old executive had stopped smoking, I didn't know whether he was still drinking.

2004 Jrnl. Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 18 469/1 Chest x-ray of the patient showed a cardiothoracic ratio of 65% and plethoric lung fields.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Excessive; more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; bulging, swollen, or turgid. In later use also more generally: abundant; varied, diverse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > excessively full

overfullOE

overfilledc1230

engorged1562

plethoric1644

supercharged1784

overglutted1792

overstuffed1808

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 114 This happens to some by reason of a certain Plethorique wit.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iv. 402 Albeit ye under value my plethorick eloquence, yet all our Ladies here are struck by it in a lethargie of admiration.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 8 The nation found, with fruitless skill, Their former strength was now plethoric ill.

1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 60 The surplus parts of this plethoric body always have and must emigrate.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Hist. India 3/2 That plethoric opulence with which the merchants of Alexandria sunk into idleness.

1858 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. (rev. ed.) in Poet. Wks. II. Introd. 121 The pockets, plethoric with marbles round, That still a space for ball and pegtop found.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 126 Plethoric volumes which slumber in decorous old libraries.

1903 J. London Call of Wild vi. 182 ‘Sure,’ answered O'Brien, thumping down a plethoric sack by the side of Matthewson's.

1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 27 A condition of things..plethoric with dark portents for the future.

1984 G. Hodgson Lloyd's of London iii. 58 New accommodation for Lloyd's..was opened in 1844 with plethoric feasting.

2002 AsianWeek (Nexis) 7 Aug. 22 The multitude of different ideas concerning photography is just one example of the show's plethoric nature.

B. n.

Medicine. A plethoric person; (with the and plural agreement) plethoric people as a class. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > excess of blood > person

plethoric1562

1562 W. Bullein Comfortable Regiment sig. Ci But when the plethoricke or bodie is full of euill humours [etc.].

1575 J. Banister Needefull Treat. Chyrurg. f. 14 Ulcers and Tumors..doe ofte happen, and commonly in the Glandulouse partes, especially in those bodies that bee Plethoriques.

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxx. 176 Spitting of blood is more curable in Plethoricks, and young folks, than in others of a thinner habit of body, and old people.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 191 If the Pulse be too full, as in Plethorics, we must use some general Evacuations.

1763 A. Sutherland Attempts Antient Med. Doctr. II. 167 Hence we may see the danger of vomiting to plethorics, or those of bad habits.

1829 Lancet 1 Aug. 545/1 One of the first steps to be taken, in the plethoric more especially, consists in the abstraction of blood from the arm.

1871 Lancet 2 Dec. 775/2 The plethoric seem to be liable [to hæmorrhage from the nose], from having too much blood in the system.

1939 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics & Oral Surg. 25 902-15 Premedication with morphine or atropine is indicated with alcoholics, plethorics, athletes, nervous patients, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plethoric
释义	plethoricadj.n. Brit. /ˈplɛθ(ə)rɪk/, /plɛˈθɒrɪk/, /plᵻˈθɒrɪk/, U.S. /ˈplɛθərɪk/, /pləˈθɔrɪk/ Forms: α. Middle English plectoric, Middle English plectorik, 1500s plectoricke. β. Middle English plettorik, Middle English plettorike, 1500s–1600s plethoricke, 1500s–1600s plethorique, 1600s pletherick, 1600s–1700s plethorick, 1600s– plethoric. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin plethoricus, plectoricus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin plethoricus plethoric (5th cent. in medical texts), plectoricus (c1230–50 in Bartholomaeus Anglicus) < Hellenistic Greek πληθωρικός (Galen) < πληθώρα plethora n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Old French, Middle French plectorique (1314; also in Middle French as plectoric (1492 or earlier) and in Middle French, French as †pléthoric (1549); French pléthorique (1611), also attested as noun and in figurative use from the 19th cent.), Spanish pletórico, adjective (1493 or earlier), Italian pletorico, adjective (a1493 as †plectorico; also as †plettorico (1574)), all earliest in a medical context. A. adj. 1. Medicine. Suffering from or affected by plethora; of the nature of or characterized by plethora; having a ruddy complexion and a full, fleshy body; excessively full of blood, congested. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > excess of blood plethorica1398 plethorical1603 plethorya1643 plethoretic1725 plethoretical1882 plethorous1906 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 80^v Þe body is plectorik [L. plectorica] & replete. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 110^v (MED) If þe bodi be plectorik and þe pacient myȝti of vertu, he schal be laten blood. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. v. 215 In a plethoricke or full bodie. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 172 Such as haue plethoricke and full bodies. 1652 J. Finch Let. 27 Apr./7 May in Conway Lett. (1992) ii. 62 Mr Baines..objected that my Asthma being a cold distemper and my body no whit pletherick..to take away blood was to hinder..my cure. 1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 563 Daniel Wright aged about 19 years, of a sanguine and plethoric constitution,..was seiz'd with a dizziness and pain. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 130 Bleeding is indeed generally allowed, if the patient is plethorick, and there is blood enough. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 51 A young man,..of a plethoric habit. 1846 Lancet 11 Apr. 417/2 Cases were also related in which purpura was attended by a plethoric or congestive condition of the vessels. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 447/1 If the animal is in a plethoric condition administer a purgative. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. i, in Mod. Comedy (1929) 525 Trotty little ladies with dresses tight blown about trotty little figures, plethoric generals in armchairs. 1967 W. Golding Pyramid (1969) 6 His huge chest, meaty fists and plethoric face with its eyes so belligerently popping. 1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) ii. 122 With monochorionic twins intermingling blood supply may result in disparate size of the twins and one being born plethoric (hence jaundiced later), the other anaemic. 1993 Med. Econ. (Nexis) 24 May 61 Although the obese, plethoric 64-year-old executive had stopped smoking, I didn't know whether he was still drinking. 2004 Jrnl. Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 18 469/1 Chest x-ray of the patient showed a cardiothoracic ratio of 65% and plethoric lung fields. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Excessive; more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; bulging, swollen, or turgid. In later use also more generally: abundant; varied, diverse. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > excessively full overfullOE overfilledc1230 engorged1562 plethoric1644 supercharged1784 overglutted1792 overstuffed1808 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 114 This happens to some by reason of a certain Plethorique wit. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iv. 402 Albeit ye under value my plethorick eloquence, yet all our Ladies here are struck by it in a lethargie of admiration. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 8 The nation found, with fruitless skill, Their former strength was now plethoric ill. 1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 60 The surplus parts of this plethoric body always have and must emigrate. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Hist. India 3/2 That plethoric opulence with which the merchants of Alexandria sunk into idleness. 1858 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. (rev. ed.) in Poet. Wks. II. Introd. 121 The pockets, plethoric with marbles round, That still a space for ball and pegtop found. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 126 Plethoric volumes which slumber in decorous old libraries. 1903 J. London Call of Wild vi. 182 ‘Sure,’ answered O'Brien, thumping down a plethoric sack by the side of Matthewson's. 1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 27 A condition of things..plethoric with dark portents for the future. 1984 G. Hodgson Lloyd's of London iii. 58 New accommodation for Lloyd's..was opened in 1844 with plethoric feasting. 2002 AsianWeek (Nexis) 7 Aug. 22 The multitude of different ideas concerning photography is just one example of the show's plethoric nature. B. n. Medicine. A plethoric person; (with the and plural agreement) plethoric people as a class. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > excess of blood > person plethoric1562 1562 W. Bullein Comfortable Regiment sig. Ci But when the plethoricke or bodie is full of euill humours [etc.]. 1575 J. Banister Needefull Treat. Chyrurg. f. 14 Ulcers and Tumors..doe ofte happen, and commonly in the Glandulouse partes, especially in those bodies that bee Plethoriques. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxx. 176 Spitting of blood is more curable in Plethoricks, and young folks, than in others of a thinner habit of body, and old people. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 191 If the Pulse be too full, as in Plethorics, we must use some general Evacuations. 1763 A. Sutherland Attempts Antient Med. Doctr. II. 167 Hence we may see the danger of vomiting to plethorics, or those of bad habits. 1829 Lancet 1 Aug. 545/1 One of the first steps to be taken, in the plethoric more especially, consists in the abstraction of blood from the arm. 1871 Lancet 2 Dec. 775/2 The plethoric seem to be liable [to hæmorrhage from the nose], from having too much blood in the system. 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics & Oral Surg. 25 902-15 Premedication with morphine or atropine is indicated with alcoholics, plethorics, athletes, nervous patients, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1398
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