Bounteous
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Inclined to be generous.
"Which with a bounteous hand was kindly lent"
- 2 Liberal or abundant. usually
"“Your Grace may be well assured,” said the Friar, “that, with the grace of Saint Dunstan, I shall find the way of multiplying your most bounteous gift.”"
- 1 given or giving freely wordnet
Example
More examples"Nor less Andromache, sore grieved to part, / rich raiment fetches, wrought with golden thread, / and Phrygian scarf, and still with bounteous heart / loads him with broideries. "Take these", she said, / "sole image of Astyanax now dead. / Thy kin's last gifts, my handiwork, to show / how Hector's widow loved the son she bred. / Such eyes had he, such very looks as thou, / such hands, and oh! like thine his age were ripening now!""
Etymology
From bounty + -ous.
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