plethora

noun

Etymology: From Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satiety”), from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix).

1. An excessive amount or number; an abundance.

   “The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.”

   “1817, Francis Jeffrey, review of Lalla Rookh, in the Edinburgh Review He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.”

2. Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.

   “[Y]our Character at Present is like a Person in a Plethora, absolutely dying of too much Health—”

   “The food necessary for the maintenance of his dog, a bull-terrier, in the condition of ferocious plethora to which it was accustomed, he generously declared himself willing to pay for out of his own pocket, […]”