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plethoric

[ple-thawr-ik, -thor-, pleth-uh-rik] / plɛˈθɔr ɪk, -ˈθɒr-, ˈplɛθ ə rɪk /






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When I spoke to him, he described a childhood rife with classic symptoms: hand washing, door locking, a plethoric concern with death.

From Newsweek

Less than convincing were the shoulder-shruggings of the Axis, particularly since, as the week progressed, German and Italian spokesmen grew sorer by the minute, called the speech "hypocritical," "nonsensical," "demagogic," "plethoric."

From Time Magazine Archive

Like the Soviet President, Fernandez is using a combination of personal charm and high- handedness to reform a system nearly paralyzed by its own plethoric bureaucracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Sure,” answered O’Brien, thumping down a plethoric sack by the side of Matthewson’s.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

Hence, the laws of the animal economy being uniform, we cannot arrive at any other conclusion in reference to the same plethoric state in animals of an inferior order.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd


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