Word of the Day
for Monday,
April 8, 2013
Plethoric \ple-THAWR-ik, -THOR-, PLETH-uh-rik\, adjective:
1. overfull; turgid; inflated:
a plethoric, pompous speech.
2. of, pertaining to, or characterised by plethora.
2. of, pertaining to, or characterised by plethora.
He is a plethoric
sleeper: literally a sleeper having an excess of red corpuscles in the blood
(the opposite of anaemic), suggesting "unhealthy repletion", but here
a "heavy" sleeper.
-- Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1903
-- Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1903
And I did these
things, not that I was an egotist, not that I was impervious to the critical
glances of my fellows, but because of a certain hogskin belt, plethoric
and sweat-bewrinkled, which buckled next the skin above the hips.
-- Jack London, "The Dignity of Dollars," Revolution and Other Essays, 1900
-- Jack London, "The Dignity of Dollars," Revolution and Other Essays, 1900
Plethoric came to English in the late 1300s from the Greek plethore
meaning "fullness."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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