characterized by excess or profusion; turgid; inflated
a plethoric speech
Derived forms
plethorically (pleˈthorically)
adverb
plethoric in American English
(pleˈθɔrɪk, -ˈθɑr-, ˈpleθərɪk)
adjective
1.
overfull; turgid; inflated
a plethoric, pompous speech
2.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by plethora
Derived forms
plethorically
adverb
Word origin
[1610–20; plethor(a) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1610–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camber, integration, squelch, tank, technical-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'plethoric' in a sentence
plethoric
Illness was said to occur when one humour was retained in excess - 'becoming plethoric' - or putrefied.