plethora

Etymology

From Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρη (plēthṓrē, “fullness, satiety”), from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix).

noun

1. (usually followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
   The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.
   1817, Francis Jeffrey, review of Lalla Rookh, in the Edinburgh Review He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.
   Meanwhile other hands had not been idle, so that above the dreary plethora of trash like Marquis von Grosse's Horrid Mysteries..., there arose many memorable weird works both in English and German. 1927, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature (The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction)
   Jefe: We have many beautiful piñatas for your birthday celebration, each one filled with little surprises! El Guapo: How many piñatas? Jefe: Many piñatas, many! El Guapo: Jefe, would you say I have a plethora of piñatas? Jefe: A what? El Guapo: A plethora. 1986, Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, Randy Newman, ¡Three Amigos! (film)
   The story of the woodhen is one outstanding conservation triumph in a plethora of tragedy. 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 233
2. (medicine) Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.
   [Y]our Character at Present is like a Person in a Plethora, absolutely dying of too much Health 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii