Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   plenipotentiary

   /ˌplɛnɪpəˈtɛnʃ(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action on behalf of their government, typically in a foreign country.

   adjective

   • 1. having full power to take independent action: "a minister plenipotentiary"
   • ▪ (of power) absolute: "he went armed with plenipotentiary powers, to take whatever measures he felt necessary"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin plenipotentiarius, from plenus ‘full’ + potentia ‘power’.

   Scrabble Points: 22

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points