Copious
/ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
"He drank a copious amount of vodka, and passed out."
- 2 Having an abundant supply.
- 3 Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.
Adjective
- 1 affording an abundant supply wordnet
- 2 large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom drinks copious amounts of alcohol."
Etymology
From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus, from copia (“abundance”), equivalent to co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”). By surface analysis, copy + -ous.