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plethories

plethories is the plural of plethory.

Meaning of plethory

Noun

plethory (plural plethories)

  1. (archaic) A plethora.
    • [T]he appetite falls down like a horseleech, when it is ready to burst with putrefaction and an unwholesome plethory […].1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd...
  2. (obsolete) A plethora; a dangerous excess of something.
    • ‘It is, indeed, owing to a plethory of matter that his style is so faulty.’1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 921

Questions about plethories

What is plethories the plural of?
Plethories is the plural of plethory.

Words near plethories in the dictionary

  1. plethoras
  2. plethoretic
  3. plethoric
  4. plethorical
  5. plethorically
  6. plethories
  7. plethory
  8. plethra
  9. plethron
  10. plethrum
  11. plethymographic

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