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plenty

Pronunciation: /ˈplɛnti/

The English word “plenty” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.

pronoun

  1. More than enough.

adverb

  1. More than sufficiently.
  2. Used as an intensifier, very.

determiner

  1. much, enough
  2. many

adjective

  1. Plentiful.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman plent(é) + -y, from Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plēnitātem, accusative of plēnitās (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives replenish, plenary, complete, deplete,…

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