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plethora |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plethora \Pleth"o*ra\, n. [NL., fr Gr ?, fr ? to be or become full. Cf {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; hyper[ae]mia; -- opposed to an[ae]mia. 2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. --Jeffrey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plethora n : extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: {nimiety}, {overplus}, {superfluity}, {embarrassment}]
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