Word of the Week
S01 E08: Plethora
Season 1 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
There is an over-abundance of meanings in this word.
There is an over-abundance of meanings in this word. But you can use it as many times as you want.
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Word of the Week is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Word of the Week
S01 E08: Plethora
Season 1 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
There is an over-abundance of meanings in this word. But you can use it as many times as you want.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(reverent orchestral music) - [Narrator] The word of the week is plethora.
If you have a great abundance of one thing or another, you have a plethora.
The French first used the word to describe a medical condition caused by an excess of blood.
They must've thought it was a fun word because it started to be used to describe an excess of just about anything.
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Word of the Week is a local public television program presented by WTVP