单词 | plenitude |
释义 | plenitude (once / 7675 pages) n The noun plenitude means the state of being full or complete; also, an abundance. After the thirty inches of snow your town got over the weekend, you may joke that you have a plenitude of snow. You can remember the meaning of plenitude if you remember that both plenitude and the word plenty come from the same Latin word plenus, meaning full or complete. Note that the spelling of plenitude has only one "t," although people misspell the word as plentitude because they closely relate plenitude and plenty. You can even find the variant spelling in some dictionaries. WORD FAMILYplenitude: plenitudes USAGE EXAMPLESWho better to play the incompetent Florence than someone whose plenitude of gifts has been an article of faith for almost forty years? The New Yorker(Aug 12, 2016) If she needed confirmation of her pedigree – and some times great athletes are the most vulnerable – the numbers are there in plenitude. The Guardian(Jun 26, 2016) His categories are so open-ended that they might even increase your sense of disorientating plenitude. New York Times(Feb 17, 2016) n a full supply Syn|Hyper plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty abundance, copiousness, teemingness the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply |
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