[
US
/ˈpɫɛθɝə, pɫəˈθɔɹə/
]
[ UK /plˈɛθəɹɐ/ ]
[ UK /plˈɛθəɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
-
extreme excess
an embarrassment of riches
How To Use plethora In A Sentence
- There is a plethora of admirable precedents to this form of conservatism.
- Moray eels, garfish and trumpetfish were roaming and snapping at a plethora of potential prey.
- Clear-cut clinical evidence of a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus should be present, such as respiratory distress, a continuous murmur, a hyperactive precordium, cardiomegaly and pulmonary plethora on chest x-ray. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- I too have suffered paralysis in a plethora of possibility: belly or Nova, herring or tongue, chub or sable, kreplach or kishke, kugel or blueberry blintz ... Par Delicatesse
- All this plethora of sight , and feeling, and thought occurred on the instant . There was no pause of the realities wherein he moved.
- Turns out she took a little time off to graduate cum laude from FRIGGIN' HARVARD (can you hear that...that's my self-esteem shriveling up and dying) and now she's back at it, appearing in a plethora (Harvard word) of TV and movie gigs. YesButNoButYes: YBNBY Hall of Fame: Babes of the 80's
- What it can boast is a plethora, a diaspora, a minestrone of regional cuisines. Jay Weston: Jaywalking in L.A. - News and Gossip of the Restaurant World
- Besides his paintings and glass-windows for Roman-Catholic cathedrals and Jewish synagogues, he created a rich plethora of prints.
- Bruni recounts the plethora of pork belly on the app menu ( "pork belly with kimchi in an Asian preparation" or "house-smoked pork belly with lentils") then noted the pig-plenty on the entrees list ( "a pork chop, pork ribs or a pork foot, also known as a trotter"), and even found a little piggy available for dessert ( "the house-made bacon chocolate crunch bar"). LAist
- Now it offers a plethora of bars, restaurants, cabarets, clubs and sports grounds.