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De - Pt| English Dictionary: plethora | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for plethora | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Plethora \Pleth"o*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be or become full. Cf. {Pleonasm}.] 1. Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyper[91]mia; -- opposed to an[91]mia. 2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. --Jeffrey. | |
