plenteousness

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plen·te·ous

(plĕn′tē-əs)

adj.

1. Abundant; copious: plenteous crops. See Synonyms at plentiful.

2. Archaic Producing or yielding in abundance: plentiful land.

[Middle English, alteration of plentivous, from Old French plentiveus, from plentif, from plente, plenty; see plenty.]

plen′te·ous·ly adv.

plen′te·ous·ness n.

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plenteousness - a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone"

plenitude, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty

abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"

plenteousness

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Prosperity and a sufficiency of life's necessities:

abundance, bounteousness, bountifulness, plenitude, plenty.

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"I believe, though I cannot prove, that the plenteousness of great writers is always their most radical quality, in that it implicitly defies category and authority.