Plenteful

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Existing in large amounts or quantities, available in abundance for anyone who needs it
2. Present in generous supply so that there is more than enough of something on hand
3. Marked by an ample quantity, offering a copious and generous amount of whatever is wanted

Etymology: Plenteful is a simple formation: the noun "plenty" with the suffix "-ful," which turns a noun into an adjective meaning "full of" or "abounding in." Plenty itself came into English from Old French "plente," which traces back to Latin "plenus," meaning "full." So the word is essentially "full of fullness," a little redundancy that English has never found reason to discard. Plenteful is an older, somewhat literary alternative to plentiful. Both words are built the same way, and "plentiful" has simply become the more common form in modern use. Plenteful is the less familiar of the two, so it tends to appear in poetry, older prose, or deliberately archaic writing.