Plethoric
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈplɛθəɹɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Plethoric is an adjective meaning (medicine) Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
Meaning
(medicine) Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
More Meanings
- Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied.
- Full or excessively full.
Example Sentences
a horse-leech, whose deep maw The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill, And who, till full, will cling for ever.
Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack! See the Malt stored in many a plethoric sack, In the proud cirque of Juan's bivouac!
Harold Atkinson, her host, was a fine handsome grey-haired man, plethoric and somewhat corpulent, with an eye for a pretty woman […].
the judges [...] were arranging their robes and coughing into their fists, the ebb and flow of their plethoric wigs like a flock of sheep on the run.
Synonyms for plethoric
Depending on context, synonyms include abundant, rife, overabundant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rife, overabundant, abundant, plethorical, rank, hyperemic.
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