| plethora | 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; hyperaemia; opposed to anaemia. 2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. "He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination." (Jeffrey) Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr. To be or become full. Cf. Pleonasm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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