Ple*thor"ic (?), a. [Gr. ; cf. F. pl'ethorique.]

Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically.

"Plethoric phrases." Sydney Smith. "Plethoric fullness of thought." De Quincey.

 

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