Plenteous

Origin

From Middle English, circa 1300, from Old French plentiveus ("fertile, rich") (early 13th century), from plentif ("abundant"), from plenté ("abundance")

Online Etymology Dictionary

(Modern French pleinté, English plenty), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas ("fullness"), from plenus ("complete, full"), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós ("full").

Full definition of plenteous

Adjective

1. In plenty; abundant.His farm, though small, nevertheless allowed him a plenteous supply of healthy food.
• MiltonReaping plenteous crop.
2. (obsolete) Having plenty; abounding; rich.
• Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 11.The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods.

Related terms

• plenteously
• plenteousness
• plentiful
• plenty