Bounteous

/ˈbaʊntiəs/ adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inclined to be generous.

    "Which with a bounteous hand was kindly lent"

  2. 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.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    given or giving freely wordnet

Synonyms

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liberalabundantaffluentaltruisticampleaplenty

Example

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"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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