"plethoric" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈplɛθəɹɪk/ [UK], /plɛˈθɒɹɪk/ [UK] Audio: En-us-plethoric.oga [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-plethoric.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more plethoric [comparative], most plethoric [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin plethoricus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), from πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “plethora”). By surface analysis, plethora + -ic. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|plethoricus}} Late Latin plethoricus, {{uder|en|grc|πληθωρικός}} Ancient Greek πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), {{m|grc|πληθώρα||plethora}} πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “plethora”), {{surf|en|plethora|-ic}} By surface analysis, plethora + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} plethoric (comparative more plethoric, superlative most plethoric)
  1. (medicine) Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-plethoric-en-adj-gQkaG6pt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 58 42 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 39 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied. Translations (containing excessive blood): pletooriline (Estonian), verekäs (Finnish), pletorinen (Finnish), υπεραιμικός (yperaimikós) [masculine] (Greek), vérbő (Hungarian), blodrik (Norwegian Bokmål), blodfull (Norwegian Bokmål), pletorisk (Swedish) Translations (overabundant): pletòric (Catalan), pletórico [masculine] (Galician), πληθωρικός (plithorikós) [masculine] (Greek), oppsvulmet (Norwegian Bokmål), pletoric (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-plethoric-en-adj-xcG5Do6n Disambiguation of 'containing excessive blood': 21 79 Disambiguation of 'overabundant': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: plethora

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