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plethora

[ pleth-er-uh ]

noun

  1. overabundance; excess:

    His crisis brought him a plethora of advice and an almost complete lack of assistance.

  2. a large quantity or wide array; a lot:

    The co-op program offers a plethora of advantages for students.

    Visitors are drawn to the main beach, where a plethora of watersports can be enjoyed.

  3. Pathology Archaic. a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.


plethora

/ 藞pl蓻胃蓹r蓹; pl蓻藞胃蓲r瑟k /

noun

  1. superfluity or excess; overabundance
  2. obsolete.
    pathol a condition caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels, characterized esp by a reddish face
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫濒别藞迟丑辞谤颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
  • plethoric, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of plethora1

First recorded in 1535鈥45; from New Latin, from Greek 辫濒脓迟丑峁搑补 鈥渇ullness,鈥 from 辫濒岣梩丑别颈苍 鈥渢o fill, be full鈥; complete ( def ), full 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of plethora1

C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek 辫濒脓迟丑艒谤脓 fullness, from 辫濒脓迟丑别颈苍 to grow full
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The droplets seen here are referred to as exudates, and contain a plethora of both known and undiscovered secondary metabolites, whose uses are still being determined by fungal chemists.What kind of tropes?

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And that says nothing of the plethora of Viking actors who wanted to stop and chat.

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His dashing good looks won him legions of female fans, and guaranteed him work in a plethora of rather forgettable television movies.

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Ms Dillard is among the plethora of Americans bracing for expected economic turbulence under President Donald Trump's sweeping auto tariffs - an unprecedented US trade policy maneuver.

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In Finland too, Nato membership has created new opportunities, especially for the plethora of small and medium-sized companies that Ambassador Siukosaari refer to as "Nokia-spin-offs".

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