PLETHORAS

Noun

plethoras

plural of plethora

Anagrams

• Astrophel, trapholes

Source: Wiktionary


PLETHORA

Pleth"o*ra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Pleonasm.]

1. Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperæmia; -- opposed to anæmia.

2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. Jeffrey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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