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Definition of "plenitude" [plen•i•tude]

  • An ample amount or quantity; an abundance: a region blessed with a plenitude of natural resources. (noun)
  • The condition of being full, ample, or complete. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "plenitude" in a sentence
  • "Emptiness resides in plenitude and solitude, the problematic path for Buddhists and"
  • "Emptiness resides in plenitude and solitude, the problematic path for Buddhists and Romanticists alike."
  • "293 Although this comment suggests dietetic recipes (which the Book of Life offers in plenitude), Ficino is also referring to ingredients digested by the memory — Augustine's "stomach of the mind" — including such ruminatory staples as letters, numbers, and ideas."