Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plenish

/ˈplɛnɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: plen-ish
IPA: /ˈplɛnɪʃ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fill up, to stock or supply (something).

Archaic

verb

Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture).

Example Sentences

"By the time they went back to the bar the expressionless peasant behind it had set up two glasses and plenished them with yellow rum and sugar upon which he now poured hot water before pushing them forward and motioning to them with his head to drink."
"No man ever saw Alison at any market in the countryside, and yet the Skerburnfoot was plenished yearly in all proper order."

Etymology

Scots plenish, from pleniss- the stem of Anglo-Norman plenir in certain conjugated form, from plein (“full”). Compare replenish.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈplɛnɪʃ/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

plenishes (present, singular) plenishing (participle, present) plenished (participle, past) plenished (past)

Derived Forms

deplenish displenish plenishment

Questions

How do you pronounce plenish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈplɛnɪʃ/.
What does plenish mean?: To fill up, to stock or supply (something).
Where does plenish come from?: Scots plenish, from pleniss- the stem of Anglo-Norman plenir in certain conjugated form, from plein (“full”). Compare replenish.

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