06 November 2008

A Word With Moshammer's Ghost

plethora

Function: noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek plēthōra, literally, fullness, from plēthein to be full

Date: 1541

1: a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion

2: excess, superfluity, also profusion, abundance

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