plethoric
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/ˈplɛθəɹɪk/(UK)
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/ˈplɛθəɹɪk/(UK) · /plɛˈθɒɹɪk/(UK)
Definition of plethoric
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
“a horse-leech, whose deep maw The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill, And who, till full, will cling for ever.”
“If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.”
“Harold Atkinson, her host, was a fine handsome grey-haired man, plethoric and somewhat corpulent, with an eye for a pretty woman […].”
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adj
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Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
“a horse-leech, whose deep maw The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill, And who, till full, will cling for ever.”
“If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.”
“Harold Atkinson, her host, was a fine handsome grey-haired man, plethoric and somewhat corpulent, with an eye for a pretty woman […].”
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Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied.
“the judges [...] were arranging their robes and coughing into their fists, the ebb and flow of their plethoric wigs like a flock of sheep on the run.”
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Full or excessively full.
“Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack! See the Malt stored in many a plethoric sack, In the proud cirque of Juan's bivouac!”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Late Latin plethoricus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), from πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “plethora”). By surface analysis, plethora + -ic.
Words you can make from plethoric
200+ playable · top: CHIPOTLE (15 pts)
Best play chipotle 15 points8-letter words
7 words7-letter words
14 words6-letter words
50 words- CERIPH 13 pts
- CIPHER 13 pts
- ORPHIC 13 pts
- PHOTIC 13 pts
- CHOLER 11 pts
- CITHER 11 pts
- CLOTHE 11 pts
- COHEIR 11 pts
- EPHORI 11 pts
- HECTOR 11 pts
- HEROIC 11 pts
- HIRPLE 11 pts
- OPHITE 11 pts
- ORCHIL 11 pts
- POTHER 11 pts
- RHOTIC 11 pts
- ROCHET 11 pts
- ROTCHE 11 pts
- THORIC 11 pts
- THORPE 11 pts
- THRICE 11 pts
- TOCHER 11 pts
- TROCHE 11 pts
- COPIER 10 pts
- COPTER 10 pts
- POETIC 10 pts
- POLICE 10 pts
- TRICEP 10 pts
- TROPIC 10 pts
- EOLITH 9 pts
- HERIOT 9 pts
- HOLIER 9 pts
- LIROTH 9 pts
- LITHER 9 pts
- CITOLE 8 pts
- COILER 8 pts
- COLTER 8 pts
- EROTIC 8 pts
- LECTOR 8 pts
- LICTOR 8 pts
- PETROL 8 pts
- PIOLET 8 pts
- POLITE 8 pts
- PROTEI 8 pts
- RECOIL 8 pts
- RELICT 8 pts
- REPLOT 8 pts
- TRIPLE 8 pts
- LOITER 6 pts
- TOILER 6 pts
5-letter words
85 words- CHIRP 12 pts
- EPOCH 12 pts
- PERCH 12 pts
- PITCH 12 pts
- PORCH 12 pts
- CHERT 10 pts
- CHIEL 10 pts
- CHILE 10 pts
- CHIRO 10 pts
- CHOIL 10 pts
- CHOIR 10 pts
- CHOLI 10 pts
- CHORE 10 pts
- CLOTH 10 pts
- EPHOR 10 pts
- ETHIC 10 pts
- HOPER 10 pts
- ICHOR 10 pts
- LETCH 10 pts
- LICHT 10 pts
- LOCHE 10 pts
- OCHER 10 pts
- OCHRE 10 pts
- RETCH 10 pts
- ROTCH 10 pts
- THORP 10 pts
- THRIP 10 pts
- TOPHE 10 pts
- TOPHI 10 pts
- TORCH 10 pts
- CLEPT 9 pts
- CLIPT 9 pts
- COPER 9 pts
- CREPT 9 pts
- CRIPE 9 pts
- OPTIC 9 pts
- PICOT 9 pts
- PRICE 9 pts
- TOPIC 9 pts
- HELIO 8 pts
- HELOT 8 pts
- HOTEL 8 pts
- ITHER 8 pts
- LITHE 8 pts
- LITHO 8 pts
- OTHER 8 pts
- THEIR 8 pts
- THIOL 8 pts
- THIRL 8 pts
- THOLE 8 pts
- THROE 8 pts
- CEORL 7 pts
- CITER 7 pts
- LOCIE 7 pts
- LOPER 7 pts
- LOTIC 7 pts
- OLEIC 7 pts
- PERIL 7 pts
- PILOT 7 pts
- PLIER 7 pts
- POLER 7 pts
- PROLE 7 pts
- RECIT 7 pts
- RECTI 7 pts
- RECTO 7 pts
- RELIC 7 pts
- REPOT 7 pts
- TELCO 7 pts
- TELIC 7 pts
- TOPER 7 pts
- TORIC 7 pts
- TRICE 7 pts
- TRIPE 7 pts
- TROPE 7 pts
- LIROT 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- OILER 5 pts
- ORIEL 5 pts
- RELIT 5 pts
- REOIL 5 pts
- TELOI 5 pts
- TILER 5 pts
- TOILE 5 pts
- TRIOL 5 pts
4-letter words
43 words- CHIP 11 pts
- CHOP 11 pts
- CHIT 9 pts
- ECHO 9 pts
- ECHT 9 pts
- ETCH 9 pts
- HELP 9 pts
- HOLP 9 pts
- HOPE 9 pts
- CLIP 8 pts
- CLOP 8 pts
- COPE 8 pts
- COPI 8 pts
- CRIP 8 pts
- CROP 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HERL 7 pts
- HERO 7 pts
- HILT 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- HOER 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HOLT 7 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CLIT 6 pts
- CLOT 6 pts
- COIL 6 pts
- COIR 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- COLT 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- CRIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
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