Oct. 8th, 2007

plethora

Oct. 8th, 2007 07:16 am
prettygoodword: text: words are sexy (Default)
plethora - n., an overabundance, excess.


Originally, from the 16th century, specifically an overabundance of blood -- it became a generic excess around 1700. From Greek plethore, fullness, from plethein, be full, at which point etylomogies like to cross-reference poly-.

---L.

March 2026

S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 567
8 9 10 11 12 1314
15 16 17 18 19 2021
22 23 24 25262728
293031    

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Mar. 25th, 2026 05:08 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios