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    [Noun]  | "pleth*o*ra" | \ ˈple-thə-rə \


    1: an ample amount or number : abundance, profusion

    2: a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion


    Origin: circa 1541 ;

     Borrowed from Late Latin plēthōra, plētūra "fullness, overabundance of a humor," borrowed from Greek plēthṓra (Ionic plēthṓrē) "fullness, crowdedness (of a marketplace at peak hour), excess of a humor or blood," from plēth-, base of plḗthein "to be full" + -ōra, -ōrē, probably dissimilated variant of -ōlē, suffix of deverbal nouns; plḗthein going back to Indo-European *pléh1-dh-, extended form of the verbal base *pleh1- "become full," with *-dh- marking a completed state {mat|full:1|};

      * Note : The base *pléh1-dh- is also evident in Greek plēthȳ́s "great number, multitude, crowd" (compare {plebs|plebs}), plêthos "great number, mass, crowd," plēthȳ́nesthai "to increase in number" (see: {plethysmograph|plethysmograph}).;

    [Adjective]  | "plethoric" 


    1: going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount;


      * e.g., " ... the plethoric opulence of the mansions built by the robber barons "





    [Noun]  | "plethora" 


    1: an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs;


      * e.g., " ... a biology textbook that is helpfully illustrated with a plethora of excellent illustrations "





    2: the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed;


      * e.g., " ... the author offers a plethora of detail that tends to overwhelm the reader "





     [ "Plethorized" ]

    1: To have an abundance of projects going on and you aren't doing them they are doing you

      * e.g.,  ... That chick is plethorized 

     [ "Plethorical Rupture" ]

    1: Epiphany, sudden idea that evokes someone to change a lot

      * e.g.,  ... Gina was quietly sitting when she suddenly had a plethorical rupture about her future. 

     [ "plethoric" ]

    1: Overfull; inflated

      * e.g.,  ... My mouth is plethoric with gummy worms! 

     [ "plethorical" ]

    1: adverb to describe a way that many things can be encompassed in large quantities.

      * e.g.,  ... His plethorical compliments made me smile, knowing there was always another compliment on the horizon. 

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