repletion means the condition of being replete; fullness.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, repletion ranks #2,319 of 14,444 for Most Exacting Words, #2,517 of 14,440 for Most Satisfying to Say, #2,574 of 14,448 for Funniest Words, #3,365 of 14,414 for Most Elegant Words.
Why “repletion” is a great word
The condition of being completely filled, especially to excess. From Middle English replecioun, from Old French repletion, from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem, from replētus, past participle of replēre ("to fill up"), from re- ("again, back") + plēre ("to fill"), first attested in English in the late 14th century. Unlike "satiation," which signals a desire pleasantly met, or "sufficiency," which denotes a measured and adequate end, repletion is a stretching, a distension, the moment after abundance becomes too much. It is the leaden stillness after a feast, the swollen grain sack at harvest, the heavy belly that turns warmth to weight—the quiet, corporeal understanding that every filling is also a stopping-up.
Etymology
From Middle English replecioun, from Old French repletion, from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem.
noun
- The condition of being replete; fullness.“Fiddle de dee, the whole thing is neither more nor less than a substitute for the masquerade, which luckily became so gross, it died of repletion.”
- Plethora of the blood.
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