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Word entry · 8 letters

plethora

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"Overabundant amount"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈplɛθəɹə/Part of speech nounSorted aehloprtStarts with PEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A very large or excessive amount of something.

Word origin

From Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satiety”), from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • “The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.”
  • “1817, Francis Jeffrey, review of Lalla Rookh, in the Edinburgh Review He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.”
  • “I pushed my seat right up before the most insolent gazer, a short fat man, with a plethora of cravat round his neck, and fixing my gaze on his, gave him more gazes than he sent.”

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