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plentiful
English
Alternative forms
- plentyful, plentifull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pl?nt?fl?/
Adjective
plentiful (comparative plentifuller or plentifuler or more plentiful, superlative plentifullest or plentifulest or most plentiful)
- Existing in large number or ample amount.
- a plentiful harvest
- a plentiful supply of water
- She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
- Yielding abundance; fruitful.
- Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Expense
- He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Expense
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:plentiful
Derived terms
- plentifully
- plentifulness
Related terms
- plenteous
- plenty
Translations
Further reading
- plentiful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- plentiful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- plentiful at OneLook Dictionary Search
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rich
English
Etymology
From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English r??e (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?k?, from from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Celtic *r?xs (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).
Cognate with Scots rik (“mighty, great, noble, rich”), Saterland Frisian riek (“rich”), West Frisian ryk (“rich”), Dutch rijk (“rich”), German reich (“rich”), Danish rig (“rich”), Icelandic ríkur (“rich”), Norwegian and Swedish rik (“rich”). The Middle English word was reinforced by Old French riche, borrowed from the same Proto-Germanic root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t??/
- Hyphenation: rich
- Rhymes: -?t?
Adjective
rich (comparative richer, superlative richest)
- Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
- Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 116):
- It is the richest food I have ever eaten, and for this reason I soon learned to partake of it sparingly.
- 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning
- High sauces and rich spices are fetch'd from the Indies.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 116):
- Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- Tho' my Date of mortal Life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
- Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
- Not faint or delicate; vivid.
- (informal) Very amusing.
- (informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.
- 1858, William Brown (of Montreal), The Commercial Crisis: Its Cause and Cure (page 28)
- Now, if money be a marketable commodity like flour, as the Witness states, is it not rather a rich idea that of selling the use of a barrel of flour instead of the barrel of flour itself?
- 1858, William Brown (of Montreal), The Commercial Crisis: Its Cause and Cure (page 28)
- (computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
- 2003, Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.
- 2008, Aaron Newman, Adam Steinberg, Jeremy Thomas, Enterprise 2.0 Implementation
- But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.
- 2003, Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
- (finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
Noun
rich pl (plural only)
- (Plural) People with a lot of money or property
Synonyms
- (wealthy): wealthy, well off, see also Thesaurus:wealthy
Antonyms
- (wealthy): poor; see also Thesaurus:impoverished
- (plentiful): needy
- (computing): plain, unformatted, vanilla
- (fuel-air mixture): lean
- (financial markets): cheap
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
rich (third-person singular simple present riches, present participle riching, simple past and past participle riched)
- (obsolete, transitive) To enrich.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To become rich.
References
- rich at OneLook Dictionary Search
- rich in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- chir-
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