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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry:	copious¹
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	plentifully furnished; lavish
Etymology:	Latin copia 'plenty'

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Main Entry:	copious²
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	full of, profuse; abundant
Etymology:	Latin copia 'plenty'

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Main Entry:	copious³
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	full of information or matter
Etymology:	Latin copia 'plenty'

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co·pi·ous

[koh-pee-uh

s] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.

2.	having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest.

3.	exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L cōpiōsus plentiful, rich, equiv. to cōpi(a) wealth (co- co- + op(s) Ops + -ia -ia) + -ōsus -ous

]

—Related forms

co·pi·ous·ly, adverb

co·pi·ous·ness, co·pi·os·i·ty

[koh-pee-os-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 1. bountiful. 2. See ample.

—Antonyms 1. scanty, scarce. 3. meager.

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co·pi·ous (kō'pē-əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply: a copious harvest. See Synonyms at plentiful.
Large in quantity; abundant: copious rainfall.
Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy: "I found our speech copious without order, and energetic without rules" (Samuel Johnson).

[Middle English, from Latin cōpiōsus, from cōpia, abundance; see op- in Indo-European roots.]

co'pi·ous·ly adv., co'pi·ous·ness n.

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copious

1382, from L. copiosus "plentiful," from copia "abundance, profusion, plenty," from com- "with" + ops (gen. opis) "power, wealth, resources," from PIE base *op- "to work, produce in abundance" (see opus).

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copious
adjective
1.	large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
2.	affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample]