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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLETHORIC

a.Having a full habit of body, or the vessels overcharged with fluids.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLETHORIC

Ple *thor "ic, a. Etym: [Gr. pléthorique. ]

 

Defn: Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically. "Plethoric phrases." Sydney Smith. "Plethoric fullness of thought. " De Quincey.

 

PLETHORICAL

PLETHORICAL Ple *thor "ic *al, a.

 

Defn: Plethoric. [R.] -- Ple *thor "ic *al *ly, adv. Burke.