plentifulness

noun

plentifulness

noun

Etymology From plentiful + -ness.

1

A full supply; abundance

  • Taking its name from the cake of far and mola salsa that was broken over the bride's head, confarreatio was attended with an incident that increases its resemblance to the way in which our ancestors used at their weddings objects symbolical of natural plentifulness.1872, John Cordy Jeaffreson, “Wedding-Cake”, in Brides and Bridals. […], volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], →OCLC, pages 200–201:

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