replete

See also: replète

English edit

WOTD – 10 May 2006

Etymology edit

From Middle English replete (adjective) and repleten (verb), from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpliːt/
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Rhymes: -iːt

Adjective edit

replete (comparative more replete, superlative most replete)

Abounding.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, The Pheasant and the Lark:
  A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
  His subjects with delight obey:
  His tail was beauteous to behold,
  Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- 1759, Samuel Johnson, “chapter 12”, in Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia:
  I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 44, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
  "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- 1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Seneca”, in Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers:
  History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- 2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  Liberal activists promised a well-funded summertime blitz, replete with home-state rallies and million-dollar ad campaigns, to try to ramp up pressure on a handful of Senate Democrats opposed to changing the rules.
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
- 1901, Bret Harte, “Three Vagabonds of Trinidad”, in Under the Redwoods:
  And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals […]
- 1913, Jack London, “chapter15”, in The Valley of the Moon:
  In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said […]