Word of the Day

Plethoric


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Plethoric is an adjective that means inflated or overfull.

Coming almost directly from a Greek word that means ‘fullness,’ plethora is a noun that refers to ‘a large or excessive amount of something.’ Our word of the day is the adjective variation, used to describe things that are excessively filled.

Example: At first I was excited by the plethoric supply of Snickers bars we took with us on our hike. But after lugging those overfull backpacks around for two hours, I felt we had way too much.

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