plenteousness

English

Etymology

From plenteous +‎ -ness.

Noun

plenteousness (usually uncountable, plural plenteousnesses)

  1. An abundant supply; abundance.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête at Sir Robert Walpole’s”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 31:
      Few, save the poor, feel for the poor:
      The rich know not, how hard
      It is to be of needful food
      And needful rest debarred.
      Their paths are paths of plenteousness,
      They sleep on silk and down;
      And never think how heavily
      The weary head lies down.
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