plentevous
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
Adjective
editplentevous
- plentiful, abundant
- Chaucer
- Withoute bake mete was nevere his hous,
Of fissh and flessh, and that so plentevous
It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke.
- Withoute bake mete was nevere his hous,
- Chaucer
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- English: plenteous