plenty
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”) (English full, via Proto-Germanic).
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plenty (plural plenties)
- An adequate amount.
- We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
- 1798, Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population
- During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand. In the mean time the cheapness of labour, the plenty of labourers, and the necessity of an increased industry amongst them, encourage cultivators to employ more labour upon their land, to turn up fresh soil, and to manure and improve more completely what is already in tillage
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terms derived from plenty (noun)
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An adequate amount
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plenty
- A sufficient quantity. More than enough.
- We have plenty of time to have a coffee and catch the train.
- I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.
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plenty (not comparable)
- Sufficiently or very.
- This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
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Sufficiently or very
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[edit] Adjective
plenty (comparative more plenty, superlative most plenty)
- (obsolete) plentiful.
- 1597, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
- if reasons were as plenty as blackberries
- 1836, The American Gardener's Magazine and Register, volume 2, page 279:
- Radishes are very plenty. Of cabbages a few heads of this year's crop have come to hand this week, and sold readily at quotations; [...]
- 1597, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
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plentiful — see plentiful
