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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

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

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

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

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

When he comes to his family there are shouts and laughter, and rosy-mouthed roisterers stand ready to pillage the plethoric pockets laden to the flaps with bananas and oranges he has starved himself to procure.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various




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