What does plethory mean?
Plethory means (medicine, now archaic) A plethora..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(medicine, now archaic) A plethora..
[T]he appetite falls down like a horseleech, when it is ready to burst with putrefaction and an unwholesome plethory […].
The disease of the state is a plethory, / Who so fit to reduce it as I?
‘It is, indeed, owing to a plethory of matter that his style is so faulty.’
Use plethory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Plethory means (medicine, now archaic) A plethora..
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[T]he appetite falls down like a horseleech, when it is ready to burst with putrefaction and an unwholesome plethory […].
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