plenteous
/ˈplɛn.ti.əs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Middle English plentewos, plentevous, et al., circa 1300, from Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”) (early 13th century), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”) (Modern French pleinté, English plenty), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: plentewos, plentiveus, plenitatem, *pl̥h₁nós
Usage
Inflected Forms
more plenteous (comparative)
most plenteous (superlative)