14 July 2014

replete

[ri-pleet]

adjective

1. abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
2. stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
3. complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.

noun
4. Entomology . (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English repleet < Middle French replet < Latin replētus past participle of replēre to fill up ( re- re- + plē ( re ) to fill, akin to plēnus full1 + -tus past participle suffix)

Related forms
re·plete·ly, adverb
re·plete·ness, noun
re·ple·tive, adjective
re·ple·tive·ly, adverb
un·re·plete, adjective

Synonyms
2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.

Anagram

pert eel

Today’s aphorism

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

– Confucius

On this day

14 July 1789 – Bastille Day – commemorating the storming of the Bastille.

14 July 1881 – death (?) of William H. Bonney aka Billy ‘The Kid’. American outlaw. Legend has it that he killed 21 men, although historians believe it may have been between 4 and 9 men. He was shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garrett around 14 July 1881. Some conspiracy theorists believe that Bonney did not get shot that day, but that Garrett staged the shooting so that Billy ‘The Kid’ could escape. Born 23 November 1859.