plenitude
See also: plénitude
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plenitude, Middle French plenitude, and their source, Latin plēnitūdō.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈplɛnɪtjuːd/
Noun
plenitude (countable and uncountable, plural plenitudes)
- Fullness; completeness. [from 15th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 393:
- Louis ignored him, recalling the parlements to the plenitude of their powers on 23 September.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 393:
- An abundance; a full supply. [from 17th c.]
- (heraldry) Fullness (of the moon). [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- plenitude principle
- plentitude
Related terms
Old French
Noun
plenitude f (oblique plural plenitudes, nominative singular plenitude, nominative plural plenitudes)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (plenitude, supplement)
- plenitude on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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