abounding

  • 131abound — (v.) early 14c., from O.Fr. abonder to abound, be abundant, come together in great numbers (12c.), from L. abundare overflow, run over, from L. ab off (see AB (Cf. ab )) + undare rise in a wave, from unda water, wave (see WATER (Cf …

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  • 132phlegmatic — cool, calm, self possessed, and in a more pejorative sense, cold, dull, apathetic, 1570s, from lit. sense abounding in phlegm (as a bodily humor) (mid 14c.), from O.Fr. fleumatique, from L.L. phlegmaticus, from Gk. phlegmatikos abounding in… …

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