plethoric adjective. ['plɛƟ(ǝ)rɪk, plɪ'Ɵɒrɪk] LME.
[medieval Latin plet(h)oricus from Greek plethorikos, from plēthōrē: see -IC.]
1. Medicine. Characterized by an excess of blood or of a bodily humour; having a full fleshy body and ruddy complexion. LME.

2. Full to excess, overloaded; swollen, inflated. M17.

■ plethorical adjective = PLETHORIC 1: only in 17.

■ plethorically adverb E19.

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