First Known Use: 15th century
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plenitude
noun plen·i·tude \ˈple-nə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\
: a large number or amount of something
: the state of being full or complete
Full Definition of PLENITUDE
1
: the quality or state of being full : completeness
2
: a great sufficiency : abundance
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Origin of PLENITUDE
Middle English plenitude, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin plenitudo, from plenus
Related to PLENITUDE
- Synonyms
- abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, lot, plentitude, plenty, pot, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sheaf, shipload, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, truckload, volume, wad, wealth, yard
Rhymes with PLENITUDE
altitude, amplitude, aptitude, attitude, certitude, comfort food, consuetude, crassitude, desuetude, finger food, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, interlude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, mansuetude, multitude, negritude, platitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, rectitude, seminude, servitude, solitude, turpitude, vastitude
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