Plen"ty , a. Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
If reasons were as plenty as
blackberries.
Shak. (Folio ed.) Those
countries where shrubs are
plenty.
Goldsmith.
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.
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