plenistn.

Brit.

/ˈpliːnɪst/, U.S.

/ˈplɛnɪst/,

/ˈplinɪst/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plēnum , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin plēnum plenum n. + -ist suffix. Opposed to vacuist n.

Now historical.

An adherent of the theory that all space is full of matter and that there is no such thing as a vacuum. Cf. vacuist n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > adherent of

plenist1660

materialist1668

somatist1676

plenitudinarian1710

post-materialist1976

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xvii. 122 The Plenists (if I may so call them) do not prove that such spaces are replenish'd with such a subtle Matter as they speak of.

1682 T. Creech in tr. Lucretius De natura rerum Notes 12 And this..Mr. Hobbs, a great Plenist, freely confesseth would follow.

1708 Brit. Apollo 5–10 Mar. Cou'd the Plenists prove their plenum.

1718 Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 718 Some plenists here in England objected against the shortness of the glass-receiver.

1850 T. Ewbank Descr. & Hist. Acct. Hydraul. & Other Machines for raising Water 529 This was in accordance with the ancient doctrine of the plenists, who denied the possibility of a vacuum.

1899 Dublin Rev. Oct. 326 This harmless vacuum was a great thorn in the side of some of the later plenists.

1946 Sci. Monthly Sept. 214/1 The riddle of the planetary distances was beginning to yield before the onslaught of the plenists.

1988 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 39 406 Boyle's exclusion of traditional philosophical disputes between vacuists and plenists from the discourse of the experimental natural philosopher.

2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 404 They were determined to defend the Aristotelian view which maintained the plenist argument that nature simply abhorred the production of a vacuum and that the space remained full of air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plenist
释义	plenistn. Brit. /ˈpliːnɪst/, U.S. /ˈplɛnɪst/, /ˈplinɪst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plēnum , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin plēnum plenum n. + -ist suffix. Opposed to vacuist n. Now historical. An adherent of the theory that all space is full of matter and that there is no such thing as a vacuum. Cf. vacuist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > adherent of plenist1660 materialist1668 somatist1676 plenitudinarian1710 post-materialist1976 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xvii. 122 The Plenists (if I may so call them) do not prove that such spaces are replenish'd with such a subtle Matter as they speak of. 1682 T. Creech in tr. Lucretius De natura rerum Notes 12 And this..Mr. Hobbs, a great Plenist, freely confesseth would follow. 1708 Brit. Apollo 5–10 Mar. Cou'd the Plenists prove their plenum. 1718 Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 718 Some plenists here in England objected against the shortness of the glass-receiver. 1850 T. Ewbank Descr. & Hist. Acct. Hydraul. & Other Machines for raising Water 529 This was in accordance with the ancient doctrine of the plenists, who denied the possibility of a vacuum. 1899 Dublin Rev. Oct. 326 This harmless vacuum was a great thorn in the side of some of the later plenists. 1946 Sci. Monthly Sept. 214/1 The riddle of the planetary distances was beginning to yield before the onslaught of the plenists. 1988 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 39 406 Boyle's exclusion of traditional philosophical disputes between vacuists and plenists from the discourse of the experimental natural philosopher. 2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 404 They were determined to defend the Aristotelian view which maintained the plenist argument that nature simply abhorred the production of a vacuum and that the space remained full of air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1660
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