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plethoric

[ ple-thawr-ik, -thor-, pleth-uh-rik ]

adjective

  1. overfull; turgid; inflated:

    a plethoric, pompous speech.

  2. of, relating to, or characterized by plethora.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ٳǰi·· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of plethoric1

First recorded in 1610–20; plethor(a) + -ic
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“Sure,” answered O’Brien, thumping down a plethoric sack by the side of Matthewson’s.

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He wasn't a good choice, because, as retired surgeon Harold Ellis wrote, he was “fat, plethoric, and with a liver no doubt very used to strong liquor.”

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For a start, he proposed shrinking by a third the body that was listening to him, France’s plethoric Parliament of over 900 members.

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When I spoke to him, he described a childhood rife with classic symptoms: hand washing, door locking, a plethoric concern with death.

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Around the lower end of Lake Chelan the big red apple, luscious peaches, plethoric pears, huge bunches of grapes, like the grapes of Eschol, make a picture of fruitfulness and delight.

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