🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

plenitude

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ple.niˈtu.dʒi/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Brimness/ˈbrɪm.nəs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A plenitude da tigela exigia cuidado para não derramar."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state, quality, or condition of being filled to the absolute margin or edge.

    "The brimness of the cup threatened to spill over with the slightest vibration."
  2. 2

    Intensity, fierceness, or severity, particularly relating to weather or emotional temperament.

    "Sailors noted the sudden brimness of the northern gale as it swept across the dark fjord."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'brimme' meaning fierce, furious, or sea-edge, combined with the nominal suffix '-ness'. Historically documented in Middle English dialects to denote intensity, severity, or the quality of being on the verge of overflowing.

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