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Webster 1913 Edition
Plenitude
Plen′i-tude
,Noun.
[L.
plenitudo
, fr. plenus
full; cf. F. plenitude
.] 1.
The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance;
as, the
. plenitude
of space or power2.
Animal fullness; repletion; plethora.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Plenitude
PLEN'ITUDE
,Noun.
Fullness; as the plenitude of space.
1.
Repletion; animal fullness; plethora; redundancy of blood and humors in the animal body.2.
Fullness; complete competence; as the plenitude of the pope's power.3.
Completeness; as the plenitude of a man's fame.Definition 2024
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See also: plénitude
English
Noun
plenitude (plural plenitudes)
- Fullness; completeness. [from 15th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 393:
- Louis ignored him, recalling the parlements to the plenitude of their powers on 23 September.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 393:
- An abundance; a full supply. [from 17th c.]
- (heraldry) Fullness (of the moon). [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- plenitude principle
- plentitude
Translations
abundance, plenty
Old French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin plēnitūdō.
Noun
plenitude f (oblique plural plenitudes, nominative singular plenitude, nominative plural plenitudes)
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (plenitude, supplement)
- plenitude on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub