NOUN: Polus
From Ancient Greek πολύς, meaning “much, many, more,” from Latin polus “the end or extremity of an axis” from Latin root, pele “to fill.” Figurative meaning: "too-muchness, over-fullness in any respect" (first recorded 1700). Latin cognates: plethore= fulness, pletho = I am full, pienaros = “entire”, plenitude = “abundance,” pleres = replete, covered over, complete
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ADJECTIVE:
- (of amount/quantity) copious, ample; plethora, profusion
- (attributively) excessive, embellished, decadent
- (of space) filled, swelling; over-written, exhausted
- (of distance) far; of unknown extents
- (of time) elongated, suspended
- (of sound) resonant, endless melody
- (of light) intense brightness; chromatic, calorific