Plentifull

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Characterized by a significant and generous amount of something desirable
2. Having a large or more than adequate amount of something available or present
3. Describing a condition where resources or items are more than sufficient in number or extent

Etymology: "Plentifull" is an older spelling of "plentiful," and the double L was once a common way of writing the adjective. The word is built from two English parts: "plenty," which came into Middle English from Old French "plente" (abundance, from Latin "plenitas," fullness), and the suffix "-ful," meaning "full of" or "having the quality of." Put together, the word means "full of plenty," which is exactly what it still describes today: an abundance that is generous rather than merely adequate. Spelling in the period was not standardized, so the same word also appeared as "plentyfull" or "plentefull." The version with a double L reflects the familiar pattern of "full" being shortened to "-ful" after another word, but writers often kept the doubled consonant in older texts, and it survived in print for a long time before editors settled on the single L.

Synonyms: abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, profuse

Antonyms: scarce, limited, insufficient, meager, deficient