Plethora Definition

plĕthər-ə
noun
The state of being too full; overabundance; excess.
Webster's New World
An abnormal condition characterized by an excess of blood in the circulatory system or in some part of it.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Plethora

Noun

Singular:
plethora
Plural:
plethoras

Origin of Plethora

  • From Late Latin plethora (earlier pletura), from Ancient Greek πληθώρη (plÄ“thōrÄ“, “fullness"), from πλήθω (plÄ“thō, “I fill").

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin plēthōra from Greek from plēthein to be full pelə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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