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boun·te·ous

[boun-tee-uhs]
adjective
1.
giving or disposed to give freely; generous; liberal.
2.
freely bestowed; plentiful; abundant.

Origin:
1325–75; late Middle English (bounte bounty + -ous); replacing Middle English bountevous < Middle French bontive (bonte bounty + -ive, feminine of -if -ive) + -ous

boun·te·ous·ly, adverb
boun·te·ous·ness, noun
o·ver·boun·te·ous, adjective
o·ver·boun·te·ous·ly, adverb
o·ver·boun·te·ous·ness, noun
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un·boun·te·ous, adjective
un·boun·te·ous·ly, adverb
un·boun·te·ous·ness, noun
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Example Sentences
  • In the spirit of autumn, discount airlines are offering a bounteous crop of low-priced fares.
  • Recent weeks have shown how alluring a berth on that bounteous marina is.
  • Bounteous research has confirmed that for polished athletes, the explicit monitoring of destroys performance.
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bounteous (ˈbaʊntɪəs)
 
adj
1.  giving freely; generous: the bounteous goodness of God
2.  plentiful; abundant
 
'bounteously
 
adv
 
'bounteousness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

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