"plenteous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈplɛn.ti.əs/ Forms: more plenteous [comparative], most plenteous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English plentewos, plentevous, et al., circa 1300, from Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”) (early 13th century), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”) (Modern French pleinté, English plenty), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plentewos}} Middle English plentewos, {{m|enm|plentevous}} plentevous, {{der|en|fro|plentiveus||fertile, rich}} Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”), {{m|fro|plentif||abundant}} plentif (“abundant”), {{m|fro|plenté||abundance}} plenté (“abundance”), {{m|fr|pleinté}} pleinté, {{m|en|plenty}} plenty, {{der|en|la|plenitatem|}} Latin plenitatem, {{m|la|plenitas||fullness}} plenitas (“fullness”), {{m|la|plenus||complete, full}} plenus (“complete, full”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pl̥h₁nós||full}} Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} plenteous (comparative more plenteous, superlative most plenteous)
  1. In plenty; abundant.
    Sense id: en-plenteous-en-adj-biyweWeI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
  2. (obsolete) Having plenty; abounding; rich. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-plenteous-en-adj-NY9FKP7j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: plenteously, plenteousness, plentiful, plenty

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