plethorical
plethorical is the alternative form of plethoric.
Meaning of plethoric
Adjective
plethoric (comparative more plethoric, superlative most plethoric)
- Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
- a horse-leech, whose deep maw
The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill,
And who, till full, will cling for ever.1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts
- a horse-leech, whose deep maw
- Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied.
- 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.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 161
- Full or excessively full.
- Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack!
See the Malt stored in many a plethoric sack,
In the proud cirque of Juan's bivouac!1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 63
- Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack!
Forms of plethorical
| comparative | more plethorical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most plethorical |
Words formed from plethorical
Questions about plethorical
- What is plethorical the alternative form of?
- Plethorical is the alternative form of plethoric.
Words near plethorical in the dictionary
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