PLENTEOUS


Meaning of PLENTEOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplen-tē-əs ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English plentevous, plenteous, from Anglo-French plentivus, from plentif abundant, from plenté plenty

Date: 14th century

1. : fruitful , productive

a plenteous harvest — J. G. Frazer

— usually used with in or of

the seasons had been plenteous in corn — George Eliot

2. : constituting or existing in plenty

plenteous grace with thee is found — Charles Wesley

• plen·te·ous·ly adverb

• plen·te·ous·ness noun

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