plethoric

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   excessively full, abundant, or richly supplied

   The expedition returned with plethoric notebooks full of observations.

2. 2
   adj

   historical medicine: congested or swollen with blood, often with a ruddy appearance

   The physician described the patient's flushed face as plethoric.

From Late Latin plethoricus and Greek plethorikos, from plethora, 'fullness.' The older medical sense referred to an excess of blood; the broader literary sense applies the same image of overfullness to any abundance.

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