Replecioun

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An archaic term for the condition of being completely filled or stuffed to the point of excess
2. Old-fashioned word meaning overfullness, a state in which something has been filled beyond its normal capacity
3. Describing an obsolete notion of fullness, especially the excess of bodily humours or substances within the body

Etymology: In Latin, "replere" meant "to fill up again," from "re-" (again) and "plere" (to fill), the same root behind "plenty" and "complete." Its noun, "replecio," meant a filling up or a state of being full, and Old French took it as "replecion." Middle English then borrowed it, and "replecioun" appeared in English writing in the late Middle Ages, usually spelled this way before the spelling settled into "repletion" in the early modern period. Most of the word's early uses concern a body or a stomach that has been filled to excess, the sense of satiety or surfeit. The Latin-derived "replete," meaning full or well-stocked, came into English separately and later, so "replete" and the older "replecioun" are related through the same Latin verb but entered English at different times.

Synonyms: repletion, fullness, satiety

Antonyms: emptiness, depletion, vacuity