plenitude
/ˈplɛnɪtjuːd
/noun
1An abundance: an ancient Celtic god thought to bring a plenitude of wealth or food...
- But ‘monarchs need an absence of direct toxins, a plenitude of milkweed, and a plenitude of nectar sources.’
- Now that I'm doing my Ph.D. at Cambridge, things are a little different; greater flexibility to plan my schedule, a tremendous expanse of beautiful, open countryside, a plenitude of paths and pavements to explore.
- During his residence he collected a plenitude of ethnographica for the ethnographical museums in Berlin, Leipzig, and Stuttgart.
1.1 [mass noun] The condition of being full or complete: the plenitude of the Pope’s powers...
- That mirage, or intuition, revelation or dream opposes order to disorder, plenitude to emptiness, and to disgust wonder, hope, enthusiasm.
- But does this aesthetic plenitude really help?
- Goldwater, in short, was a politician of ideas, not knee-jerk reaction or pork-barrel plenitude.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin plenitudo, from plenus 'full'.