Meaning of Plethora | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
   countable, uncountable, usually
2. Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.”

“1817, Francis Jeffrey, review⟳ of Lalla Rookh, in the Edinburgh Review⟳ He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.”

“I pushed my seat right up before the most insolent gazer, a short fat man, with a plethora of cravat round his neck, and fixing my gaze on his, gave him more gazes than he sent.”

“Meanwhile other hands had not been idle, so that above the dreary plethora of trash like⟳ Marquis von Grosse's Horrid Mysteries..., there arose many memorable weird works both in English and German.”

“Jefe: We have⟳ many beautiful piñatas for your birthday celebration, each one filled with little surprises! El Guapo: How many piñatas? Jefe: Many piñatas, many! El Guapo: Jefe, would you say⟳ I have⟳ a plethora of piñatas? Jefe: A what? El Guapo: A plethora.”

“The story of the woodhen is one outstanding conservation triumph in a plethora of tragedy.”

“[Y]our Character at Present⟳ is like⟳ a Person in a Plethora, absolutely dying of too much Health—”

“The food necessary for the maintenance of his dog, a bull-terrier, in the condition of ferocious plethora to which it was accustomed, he generously declared himself willing to pay⟳ for out of his own⟳ pocket, […]”

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