First words: a curiosity and a correction

 

plethora:

1541, a medical word for “excess of body fluid,” from L.L. plethora, from Gk. plethore “fullness,” from plethein “be full” (see poly-). Fig. meaning “too much, overfullness in any respect” is first recorded 1700.

travesty:

           1674, from adj. meaning “dressed so as to be made ridiculous, parodied, burlesqued” (c.1662), from Fr. travesti “dressed in disguise,” pp. of travestir “to disguise” (1592), from It. travestire “to disguise,” from L. trans- “over” + vestire “to clothe”

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