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Definition of Plentitude
1. Noun. A full supply. "There was plenty of food for everyone"
Generic synonyms: Abundance, Copiousness, Teemingness
Derivative terms: Plenteous, Plentiful, Plentiful, Plenteous
Definition of Plentitude
1. Noun. abundance, fullness, completeness; an instance of one of these. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plentitude
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plentitude
Literary usage of Plentitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"And yet, lest this plentitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of
the public, the constitution (as we hinted before) hath here interposed a ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Here are a couple of samples: Like undertakers, they have a plentitude of gravity,
a deficiency of true seriousness —Robert 0. Hoyt, Harper's, October 1971 ..."
3. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1825)
"plentitude. For if there can be a space void of body, equal to the smallest
separate particle of matter now existing in nature, it is still space without ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"And yet, lest this plentitude of authority should be abused to the detriment of
the public, the constitution (as we hinted before) hath here interposed a ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Here are a couple of samples: Like undertakers, they have a plentitude of gravity,
a deficiency of true seriousness —Robert 0. Hoyt, Harper's, October 1971 ..."
6. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1825)
"plentitude. For if there can be a space void of body, equal to the smallest
separate particle of matter now existing in nature, it is still space without ..."
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