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单词 plentiness
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plentinessn.

Brit. /ˈplɛntɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈplɛn(t)inᵻs/
Forms:

α. Middle English plentenes, Middle English plentenesse, 1500s plentines, 1800s– plentiness.

β. Middle English plentethnes, Middle English plentithnes.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plenty n., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < plenty n. or plenty adj. + -ness suffix. Compare plenteousness n., plenteouste n., and earlier plenty n.
Plentifulness, abundance, wealth; the fact or condition of being or having plenty; an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > condition of abounding in something
plentinessa1382
plentifulnessa1504
fullness?1537
generosity1904
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xli. 30 Seuen ȝere..of grete plentiþ..whom schall folow oþer seuen ȝere of as grete bareynes, þat to forgetyng be taken all þe byhynde plentenes [v.r. plentethnes; a1425 L.V. abundaunce; L. abundantia].
a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Gen. xli. 47 And plentithnes cam of the seuen ȝeer.
1511 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 394 Corne or grayne..shall be sold and ratiffied acording the plentines of the yere.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Psalmes Dauid i, in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 86 Yeelding abundant plentines Of fruict, in haruest seasoned.
1853 De Bow's Rev. June 551/2 Prices are influenced by the condition of the manufacturing business, plentiness of money, and general condition of trade.
1884 Decatur (Illinois) Morning Rev. 9 Aug. The plentiness of wild berries in the hills.
1921 A. Myerson Found. of Personality iii. 36 The outside world is the Macrocosmos..and includes the physical conditions of existence (climate, altitude, plentiness of food, access to the sea).
1966 Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) 21 Nov. 3/2 Christmas..asserts that deep in the hearts of men there is plentiness of faith.
1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 June 15 Perhaps it was a symbol of a promise kept. A promise of a plentiness.
2000 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 July 42 In Scotland, you don't need to be fit. All you need is natural skill in plentiness, a good head on your brain and elbows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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