Dictionary entry

Plenty

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Plen″ty (?), n.; pl.Plenties (#), in Shak. [OE. plentee, plente, OF. plenté, fr. L. plenitas, fr. plenus full. See Full, a., and cf. Complete.] Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. “Plenty of corn and wine.” Gen. xxvii. 28. “Promises Britain peace and plenty.” Shak.

Houses of office stuffed with plentee. Chaucer.

The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. Thomson.

Syn. — Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance.