plenty

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  1. noun A full or completely adequate amount or supply: plenty of time.
  2. noun A large quantity or amount; an abundance: "Awards and honors came to her in plenty” (Joyce Carol Oates).
  3. noun A condition of general abundance or prosperity: "fruitful regions gladdened by plenty and lulled by peace!” (Samuel Johnson).

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  1. Middle English, from Old French plente, from Latin plēnitās, from plēnus, full; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English plentee, plente, from Old French plente, plentet, from Latin plenita(t-)s, fullness, repletion, abundance, from plenus, full; cf. Greek πλέως full; akin to English full: See full.
 

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/ˈplɛnti/
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