PLENTEOUS


Meaning of PLENTEOUS in English

ˈplentēəs adjective

Etymology: Middle English plentivous, plentious, from Old French plentiveus, plentivous, plentious, from plentif abundant (from plenté abundance, plenty + -if -ive) + -eus, -ous -ous — more at plenty

1. : bearing or yielding abundance : fruitful , productive — usually used with in or of

the seasons had been plenteous in corn — George Eliot

2. : constituting, characterized by, or existing in plenty

gathered gold and silver, and plenteous … goods — William Morris

plenteous grace with thee is found — Charles Wesley

3. obsolete : giving liberally : bountiful

with plenteous hand, bring clover grass — John Dryden

Synonyms: see plentiful

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