plethoric
/ˈplɛθəɹɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
adj
Full or excessively full.
Example Sentences
- "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 […]."
- "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."
- "Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack! See the Malt stored in many a plethoric sack, In the proud cirque of Juan's bivouac!"
Etymology
From Late Latin plethoricus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), from πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “plethora”). By surface analysis, plethora + -ic.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈplɛθəɹɪk/
Inflected Forms
more plethoric (comparative)
most plethoric (superlative)