different between plentiful vs luxuriant

English

Alternative forms

• plentyful, plentifull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?nt?fl?/

Adjective

plentiful (comparative plentifuller or plentifuler or more plentiful, superlative plentifullest or plentifulest or most plentiful)

1. Existing in large number or ample amount.

   a plentiful harvest

   a plentiful supply of water

   She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.

2. Yielding abundance; fruitful.

   Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
3. (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Expense

     He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:plentiful

Derived terms

• plentifully
• plentifulness

Related terms

• plenteous
• plenty

Translations

Further reading

• plentiful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• plentiful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• plentiful at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l???zj???i.?nt/, /l???????i.?nt/, /l??-/, /-???i.?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??????i.?nt/, /l?k????i.?nt/, /-?i.?nt/

Adjective

luxuriant (comparative more luxuriant, superlative most luxuriant)

1. Abundant in growth or detail.

Derived terms

Related terms

• luxury
• luxurious

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyk.sy.?j??/
• Homophone: luxuriants

Adjective

luxuriant (feminine singular luxuriante, masculine plural luxuriants, feminine plural luxuriantes)

1. luxuriant

Further reading

• “luxuriant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

l?xuriant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of l?xuri?

Romanian

Etymology

From French luxuriant, from Latin luxurians.

Adjective

luxuriant m or n (feminine singular luxuriant?, masculine plural luxurian?i, feminine and neuter plural luxuriante)

1. lush

Declension