Plen"ty (?), n.; pl.
Plenties (#), in Shak. [OE. plentee,
plente, OF. plenté, fr. L. plenitas, fr.
plenus full. See Full, a., and cf.
Complete.] Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare;
sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample
supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. "Plenty
of corn and wine." Gen. xxvii. 28. "Promises Britain peace and
plenty." Shak.
Houses of office stuffed with
plentee.
Chaucer.
The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty
o'er the world.
Thomson.
Syn. -- Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance.
Plen"ty, a. Plentiful;
abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.]
If reasons were as plenty as
blackberries.
Shak. (Folio ed.)
Those countries where shrubs are
plenty.
Goldsmith.
