plethora
/ˈplɛθəɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Meanwhile other hands had not been idle, so that above the dreary plethora of trash like Marquis von Grosse's Horrid Mysteries..., there arose many memorable weird works both in English and German."
- "Jefe: We have many beautiful piñatas for your birthday celebration, each one filled with little surprises! El Guapo: How many piñatas? Jefe: Many piñatas, many! El Guapo: Jefe, would you say I have a plethora of piñatas? Jefe: A what? El Guapo: A plethora."
- "The story of the woodhen is one outstanding conservation triumph in a plethora of tragedy."
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satiety”), from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pleh₁-, πληθώρα
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈplɛθəɹə/
- British English: /ˈplɛθəɹə/