26 March 2014

plenitude

[plen-i-tood, -tyood]

noun

1. fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
2. state of being full or complete.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin plēnitūdō. See plenum, -i-, tude

Related forms
o·ver·plen·i·tude, noun

Can be confused: planetary, plenary, plentiful, plenitude.

Synonyms
1. profusion, quantity.

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude.

– Albert Camus

On this day

26 March 1827 – death of Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer. One of the world’s most influential composers. He composed 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatos and 16 string quartets. Baptised on 17 December 1770.

26 March 1971 – The country of East Pakistan declares its independence and renames itself Bangladesh.