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bounteous

[boun-tee-uh s]
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adjective

giving or disposed to give freely; generous; liberal.
freely bestowed; plentiful; abundant.

RELATED WORDS

beneficent, bountiful, charitable, giving, magnanimous, munificent, philanthropic, substantial, abounding, ample, copious, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, prolific, rich, voluminous

Nearby words

  1. bounden,
  2. bounder,
  3. boundless,
  4. boundlessly,
  5. bounds,
  6. bounteously,
  7. bountied,
  8. bountiful,
  9. bountifully,
  10. bounty

Origin of bounteous

1325–75; late Middle English (bounte bounty + -ous); replacing Middle English bountevous < Middle French bontive (bonte bounty + -ive, feminine of -if -ive) + -ous
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British Dictionary definitions for bounteous

bounteous

adjective literary

giving freely; generousthe bounteous goodness of God
plentiful; abundant
Derived Formsbounteously, adverbbounteousness, noun
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Word Origin and History for bounteous

bounteous

adj.

late 14c., from bounty + -ous; originally "full of goodness," but always shading toward "generous in bestowing," a sense which logically might have been left to bountiful. Related: Bounteously; bounteousness.

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