Plethora (noun)
ple-tho-ra
A large or excessive amount of something.
Mid 16th century (in the medical sense): via late Latin from Greek plēthōrē, from plēthein ‘be full’.
Example sentences
“The trouble is we have a plethora of committees and quangos.”
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