plenteous
adj/ˈplɛn.ti.əs/
Etymology From Middle English plentewos, plentevous, et al., circa 1300, from Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”) (early 13th century), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”) (Modern French pleinté, English plenty), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
1
In plenty; abundant.
- His farm, though small, nevertheless allowed him a plenteous supply of healthy food.
- Reaping plenteous crop.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
2
Obsolete Having plenty; abounding; rich.
- The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:11:
- Synonyms
- plentiful
- Derived terms
- overplenteous
- Related terms
- plenteously, plenteousness, plenty