plenitude
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See also: plénitude
Etymology
From Middle English plenitude, that borrowed from Anglo-Norman plenitude, Middle French plenitude, and their source, Latin plēnitūdō.
Pronunciation
Noun
plenitude (countable and uncountable, plural plenitudes)
- Fullness; completeness. [from 15th c.]
- 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 152:
- The idea that the love of Philimore had abated, when hers for him seemed in its plenitude, was a most severe aggravation of her misfortune.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 393:
- Louis ignored him, recalling the parlements to the plenitude of their powers on 23 September.
- (heraldry and older astronomy) Fullness (of the moon). [from 19th c.]
- An abundance; a full supply. [from 17th c.]
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 156:
- Mankind's old greatness was created in scarcity. But what may we expect from plenitude?
- (philosophy) The metaphysical idea that the universe contains everything that is possible.
Derived terms
- plenitude principle
- plentitude
Related terms
Translations
abundance, plenty
Etymology
Noun
plenitude oblique singular, f (oblique plural plenitudes, nominative singular plenitude, nominative plural plenitudes)
Descendants
References
- 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
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