plentiful

• plentyful, plentifull (archaic)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/

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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.

   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.

3. (obsolete) Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Expense”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

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

• See also Thesaurus:plentiful

• plentifully
• plentifulness

• plenteous
• plenty

• “plentiful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “plentiful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “plentiful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.