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plen⋅i⋅tude

  [plen-i-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
1. fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
2. state of being full or complete.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L plēnitūdō. See plenum, -i-, tude

Synonyms:
1. profusion, quantity.
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plen·i·tude   (plěn'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  

  1. An ample amount or quantity; an abundance: a region blessed with a plenitude of natural resources.

  2. The condition of being full, ample, or complete.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin plēnitūdō, from plēnus, full; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
plen'i·tu'di·nous (-tōōd'n-əs, -tyōōd'-) adj.
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plenitude 
1432, from O.Fr. plenitude, from L. plenitudinem (nom. plenitudo) "abundance, completeness, fullness," from plenus "complete, full" (see plenary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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