plentifuladj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈplɛntᵻf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈplɛn(t)əf(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English–1500s plenteful, Middle English–1500s plentefull, Middle English–1500s plentyful, Middle English–1500s plentyfull, Middle English– plentiful, 1500s plentyfulle, 1500s–1600s plentifull; Scottish pre-1700 plantifull, pre-1700 plentifull, pre-1700 plentifulle, pre-1700 1700s– plentiful.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plenty n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < plenty n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier plenteous adj., and (with use as adverb) earlier plentifully adv.

A. adj.

1. Present or existing in plenty or in full supply; abundant, numerous, copious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective]

goodeOE

broadOE

fullOE

large?c1225

rifec1225

fulsomea1325

abundanta1382

plenteousa1382

copiousc1384

plentifula1400

ranka1400

aboundc1425

affluentc1425

aboundable?1440

seedy1440

manyfulc1450

ample1472

olda1500

richa1500

flowing1526

fertilent1535

wallingc1540

copy1546

abounding1560

fat1563

numbrous1566

good, great store1569

round1592

redundant1594

fruitful1604

cornucopian1609

much1609

plenty?a1610

pukka1619

redundant1621

uberant1622

swelling1628

uberous1633

numerousa1635

superfluent1648

full tide1649

lucky1649

redounding1667

numerose1692

bumper1836

prolific1890

proliferous1915

a1400 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 34 (MED) Howe plentefull þi mercy is, may no man rede ne spelle.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 81^v Plentyfull meyne & possessyons of droues of oxen & flockes of sheep.

c1510 Gesta Romanorum, Add. Stories v. 439 Ye..shall fynde y^e mercy of God plentefull.

?1558 T. Hill Most Briefe Treat. Garden ii. sig. B A fatte & lose ground, which..yeldeth also plentifullest and greatest fruite.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 202 They haue a plentifull lacke of wit.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 172 A plentiful Admixture of Sulphur.

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 193 I had three plentiful Meals, and some good Liquors to wash it down.

1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 33/1 The skelly is plentiful in almost all our rivers.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xviii The out-offices rang to laugh and joke over a rude but plentiful breakfast.

1861 Amer. Agriculturist July 209/3 Let a plentiful manuring go along with this [ploughing].

1898 J. Arch Story of Life x. 254 The ‘Thank yous’ we got for our pains were not as plentiful as blackberries.

1937 Life 26 July 54/2 Montague..would not tell where he or his plentiful supply of money came from.

1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 196/1 Where cattle ticks are plentiful spraying or dipping should be carried out.

1996 Guardian 14 May i. 14/6 The appearance of usually plentiful species..has been very poor.

2. Possessing or yielding something in abundance; rich, well provided; fertile, prolific, productive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > yielding in abundance

plenteousc1325

copiousa1387

plentifulc1400

abundantc1405

the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > well-provided or supplied

plenteousc1350

plentifulc1400

well-replenished1448

well-provided1523

well-supplied1594

storeful1598

flush1603

well-plenished1662

well-fogged1790

rowth1863

c1400 Psalter (Trin. Dublin) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxvii. 16 (MED) Plentiful [c1350 BL Add. þe heuen ys plentiuous].

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 169 (MED) Þer grew neuer ryper nor more plentefull vynys.

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) vii. xxxv. sig. p.vi Ther is a plentyful countrey.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxv Plentyful of al good thynges.

1594 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 72/1 Of the plentifull ground of the cuntrie.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xlii. 100 The shore, plentifull of fish, and good for refreshing.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §580 If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.

1646 J. Benbrigge Gods Fury 22 The Scripture is plentifull in avouching this truth.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ix. 294 There were Inhabitants who lived in a plentiful manner on the product of that Island.

1779 T. Jefferson Let. 27 Mar. in Papers (1950) II. 239 The land of Egypt itself would be insufficient for their supply and their removal would be necessary not to a more plentiful country but to more able and honest commissaries.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 130 His table plentiful, but plain.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde x. 107 That hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress.

1909 Chatterbox 143/1 In a plentiful year the average price of a schock is two kreuzer, or a little over a halfpenny.

1996 TNT Mag. 8 July 64/1 Poachers moved into the once plentiful areas of the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe..and decimated the populations.

†3. Liberal, generous, bountiful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]

custyeOE

room-handeda1200

largea1225

free?c1225

plenteousc1350

bounteousc1374

liberalc1384

free-hearteda1398

ungnedea1400

royalc1405

opena1425

plentifula1475

profuse?a1475

ungrighta1475

lavishc1475

almifluent1477

prodigous1477

frank1484

bountiful1508

largifluent?a1525

munificent1565

magnificent1577

largeous1583

munifical1583

magnifical1586

free-handed1592

frolic1593

open-handed1593

magnific?1594

prodigal1595

goodwillya1598

communicativea1602

real1602

prodig1605

unniggard1605

generous1615

open-hearteda1617

large-handeda1628

unniggardly1628

fluent1633

profusive1638

numerous1655

largifical1656

insordid1660

unsparing1667

dispensive1677

expensive1678

wasteful1701

flush1703

unboundeda1704

genteel1741

munific1745

magnifique1751

ungrudginga1774

unstinting1845

brickish1860

flaithulach1876

princely1889

outgiving1896

sharing1922

two-handed1929

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 147 Þe sayde abbesse..ȝaf to hym..fowre & twenty marke of syluer..I-ȝefe..to þe more plentyfull susteynyng of the sayde monastery.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 626 Which things daylie more and more encreased, by his abundant liberalitie, and plentifull house keeping.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 165 A Man had need, if he be Plentifull, in some kinde of Expence, to be as Sauing againe, in some other... For he that is Plentifull in Expences of all Kindes, will hardly be preserved from Decay.

a1718 W. Penn Fruits of Father's Love (1726) iii. 89 She [sc. Liberality] is plentiful, but not superfluous and extravagant.

†B. adv.

Plentifully. Obsolete. rare.In quot. in comparative: see the adv. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb]

enoughOE

roomOE

largely?c1225

rifec1225

foison13..

rivedlyc1300

plenteously1340

plentily1340

fulsomelya1375

abundantlya1382

plenteousc1390

aboundinglyc1400

plentifullyc1400

copiously1447

abundanta1450

amply1454

substantiously1507

fatly?1521

largea1522

plentiful1563

heartily?1577

locupletely1599

redundantly1615

mainly1618

showeringly1621

rifely1648

profusively1650

galore1675

prolifically1735

wholesale1762

copious1791

aplenty1830

plenty1842

swimming1887

1563 T. Hill Most Briefe Treat. Garden (new ed.) i. sig. A.vi Through the which fatteig it might the fetylyer spryng and plentifuller growe.

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

单词	plentiful
释义	plentifuladj.adv. Brit. /ˈplɛntᵻf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈplɛn(t)əf(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English–1500s plenteful, Middle English–1500s plentefull, Middle English–1500s plentyful, Middle English–1500s plentyfull, Middle English– plentiful, 1500s plentyfulle, 1500s–1600s plentifull; Scottish pre-1700 plantifull, pre-1700 plentifull, pre-1700 plentifulle, pre-1700 1700s– plentiful. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plenty n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < plenty n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier plenteous adj., and (with use as adverb) earlier plentifully adv. A. adj. 1. Present or existing in plenty or in full supply; abundant, numerous, copious. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] goodeOE broadOE fullOE large?c1225 rifec1225 fulsomea1325 abundanta1382 plenteousa1382 copiousc1384 plentifula1400 ranka1400 aboundc1425 affluentc1425 aboundable?1440 seedy1440 manyfulc1450 ample1472 olda1500 richa1500 flowing1526 fertilent1535 wallingc1540 copy1546 abounding1560 fat1563 numbrous1566 good, great store1569 round1592 redundant1594 fruitful1604 cornucopian1609 much1609 plenty?a1610 pukka1619 redundant1621 uberant1622 swelling1628 uberous1633 numerousa1635 superfluent1648 full tide1649 lucky1649 redounding1667 numerose1692 bumper1836 prolific1890 proliferous1915 a1400 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 34 (MED) Howe plentefull þi mercy is, may no man rede ne spelle. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 81^v Plentyfull meyne & possessyons of droues of oxen & flockes of sheep. c1510 Gesta Romanorum, Add. Stories v. 439 Ye..shall fynde y^e mercy of God plentefull. ?1558 T. Hill Most Briefe Treat. Garden ii. sig. B A fatte & lose ground, which..yeldeth also plentifullest and greatest fruite. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 202 They haue a plentifull lacke of wit. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 172 A plentiful Admixture of Sulphur. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 193 I had three plentiful Meals, and some good Liquors to wash it down. 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 33/1 The skelly is plentiful in almost all our rivers. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xviii The out-offices rang to laugh and joke over a rude but plentiful breakfast. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist July 209/3 Let a plentiful manuring go along with this [ploughing]. 1898 J. Arch Story of Life x. 254 The ‘Thank yous’ we got for our pains were not as plentiful as blackberries. 1937 Life 26 July 54/2 Montague..would not tell where he or his plentiful supply of money came from. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 196/1 Where cattle ticks are plentiful spraying or dipping should be carried out. 1996 Guardian 14 May i. 14/6 The appearance of usually plentiful species..has been very poor. 2. Possessing or yielding something in abundance; rich, well provided; fertile, prolific, productive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > yielding in abundance plenteousc1325 copiousa1387 plentifulc1400 abundantc1405 the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > well-provided or supplied plenteousc1350 plentifulc1400 well-replenished1448 well-provided1523 well-supplied1594 storeful1598 flush1603 well-plenished1662 well-fogged1790 rowth1863 c1400 Psalter (Trin. Dublin) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxvii. 16 (MED) Plentiful [c1350 BL Add. þe heuen ys plentiuous]. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 169 (MED) Þer grew neuer ryper nor more plentefull vynys. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) vii. xxxv. sig. p.vi Ther is a plentyful countrey. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxv Plentyful of al good thynges. 1594 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 72/1 Of the plentifull ground of the cuntrie. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xlii. 100 The shore, plentifull of fish, and good for refreshing. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §580 If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. 1646 J. Benbrigge Gods Fury 22 The Scripture is plentifull in avouching this truth. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ix. 294 There were Inhabitants who lived in a plentiful manner on the product of that Island. 1779 T. Jefferson Let. 27 Mar. in Papers (1950) II. 239 The land of Egypt itself would be insufficient for their supply and their removal would be necessary not to a more plentiful country but to more able and honest commissaries. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 130 His table plentiful, but plain. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde x. 107 That hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress. 1909 Chatterbox 143/1 In a plentiful year the average price of a schock is two kreuzer, or a little over a halfpenny. 1996 TNT Mag. 8 July 64/1 Poachers moved into the once plentiful areas of the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe..and decimated the populations. †3. Liberal, generous, bountiful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 147 Þe sayde abbesse..ȝaf to hym..fowre & twenty marke of syluer..I-ȝefe..to þe more plentyfull susteynyng of the sayde monastery. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 626 Which things daylie more and more encreased, by his abundant liberalitie, and plentifull house keeping. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 165 A Man had need, if he be Plentifull, in some kinde of Expence, to be as Sauing againe, in some other... For he that is Plentifull in Expences of all Kindes, will hardly be preserved from Decay. a1718 W. Penn Fruits of Father's Love (1726) iii. 89 She [sc. Liberality] is plentiful, but not superfluous and extravagant. †B. adv. Plentifully. Obsolete. rare.In quot. in comparative: see the adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] enoughOE roomOE largely?c1225 rifec1225 foison13.. rivedlyc1300 plenteously1340 plentily1340 fulsomelya1375 abundantlya1382 plenteousc1390 aboundinglyc1400 plentifullyc1400 copiously1447 abundanta1450 amply1454 substantiously1507 fatly?1521 largea1522 plentiful1563 heartily?1577 locupletely1599 redundantly1615 mainly1618 showeringly1621 rifely1648 profusively1650 galore1675 prolifically1735 wholesale1762 copious1791 aplenty1830 plenty1842 swimming1887 1563 T. Hill Most Briefe Treat. Garden (new ed.) i. sig. A.vi Through the which fatteig it might the fetylyer spryng and plentifuller growe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1400
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