plenteous

From Middle English plentewos, plentevous, et al., circa 1300, from Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”) (early 13th century), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”)^[1] (Modern French pleinté, English plenty), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛn.ti.əs/

plenteous (comparative more plenteous, superlative most plenteous)

1. In plenty; abundant.

   His farm, though small, nevertheless allowed him a plenteous supply of healthy food.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Reaping plenteous crop.

2. (obsolete) Having plenty; abounding; rich.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:11:

     The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods.

• plenteously
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