plethoric
Collocations
5ADJ.
corpulent, deep, handsome
VERB + PLETHORIC
arisen, grey-haired
PLETHORIC + NOUN
king, swellfoot
PREP.
from
ADV.
somewhat
Definitions
adj
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.
If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.
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.
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!
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — excessively abundant
- overabundant
- rife
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3a horse-leech, whose deep maw The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill, And who, till full, will cling for ever.
WiktionaryIf the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically
WiktionaryHarold Atkinson, her host, was a fine handsome grey-haired man, plethoric and somewhat corpulent, with an eye for a pretty woman […].
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