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plenty |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plenty \Plen"ty\, n.; pl {Plenties}, in --Shak. [OE. plentee plente, OF plent['e], fr L. plenitas, fr plenus full. See {Full}, a., and cf {Complete}.] Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants abundance; copiousness. ``Plenty of corn and wine.'' --Gen. xxvii. 28. ``Promises Britain peace and plenty.'' --Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee --Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. --Thomson. Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See {Abundance}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plenty \Plen"ty\, a. Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.] If reasons were as plenty as blackberries. --Shak. (Folio ed.) Those countries where shrubs are plenty. --Goldsmith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plenty n 1: a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" [syn: {plentifulness}, {plenteousness}, {plenitude}, {plentitude}] 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}] adv : as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: {enough}]
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