plentiful
English
Alternative forms
- plentyful, plentifull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty + -ful.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
plentiful (comparative plentifuller or plentifuler or more plentiful, superlative plentifullest or plentifulest or most plentiful)
- Existing in large number or ample amount.
- a plentiful harvest
- a plentiful supply of water
- She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
- Yielding abundance; fruitful.
- Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- Francis Bacon
- If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
- (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
- Francis Bacon
- He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.
- Francis Bacon
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:plentiful
Derived terms
Translations
existing in large number
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yelding abundance
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Further reading
- plentiful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- plentiful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- plentiful at OneLook Dictionary Search
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