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efflux
English
Etymology
From Latin effluxus, from efflu? (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + flu? (“flow”). See also effluxion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fl?ks/
Noun
efflux (countable and uncountable, plural effluxes)
- The process of flowing out.
- We all age through the efflux of time.
- The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.
- 1988, Elizabeth Sagey, Degree of closure in complex segments, Norval Smith, Harry van der Hulst (editors), Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes, Part 1, Linguistic Models 12a, page 176,
- The remaining effluxes are pronounced without audible velar release.
- 2003, Awtar Krishan, Flow cytometric monitoring of drug resistance in human tumor cells, R.C. Sobti, A. Krishan (editors), Advanced Flow Cytometry: Applications in Biological Research, page 55,
- By facilitating efflux of drugs from the intracellular domain, these proteins reduce cytotoxicity and thus confer drug resistance.
- That which has flowed out.
- the efflux of a boil
- Prime cheerer, light! […] Efflux divine.
Synonyms
- (process of flowing out): outflow, effluxion, effluence
- (that which has flowed out): outflow
Antonyms
- influx
Translations
Verb
efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed)
- (intransitive) To run out; to flow forth.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.
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plenty
English
Etymology
From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pl?nti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pl?nti/, [?pl???i], [?pl?ni]
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [?pl???i], [?pl?ni]
- Rhymes: -?nti
- Homophone: Pliny (pin-pen merger, silent 't')
Noun
plenty (countable and uncountable, plural plenties)
- A more-than-adequate amount.
- We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
- 1798, Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population:
- During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand. In the mean time the cheapness of labour, the plenty of labourers, and the necessity of an increased industry amongst them, encourage cultivators to employ more labour upon their land, to turn up fresh soil, and to manure and improve more completely what is already in tillage
Usage notes
While some dictionaries analyse this word as a noun, others analyse it as a pronoun, or as both a noun and a pronoun.
Synonyms
- abundance
- profusion
Derived terms
Translations
Pronoun
plenty
- More than enough.
- I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.
Usage notes
See the notes about the noun.
Adverb
plenty (not comparable)
- More than sufficiently.
- This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
- (colloquial) Used as an intensifier, very.
- She was plenty mad at him.
Translations
Determiner
plenty
- (nonstandard) much, enough
- There'll be plenty time later for that
- (nonstandard) many
- Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
Adjective
plenty (comparative more plenty, superlative most plenty)
- (obsolete) plentiful
- 1597, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
- if reasons were as plenty as blackberries
- There are, among the Irish, men of as much worth and honour as any among the English: nay, to speak the truth, generosity of spirit is rather more common among them. I have known some examples there, too, of good husbands; and I believe these are not very plenty in England.
- 1836, The American Gardener's Magazine and Register, volume 2, page 279:
- Radishes are very plenty. Of cabbages a few heads of this year's crop have come to hand this week, and sold readily at quotations; […]
- 1597, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
Translations
Related terms
- plenitude
- plentitude
References
Anagrams
- pentyl
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