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bounteousness

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boun⋅te⋅ous

  [boun-tee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. giving or disposed to give freely; generous; liberal.
2. freely bestowed; plentiful; abundant.
Origin:
1325–75; late ME (bounte bounty + -ous); r. ME bountevous < MF bontive (bonte bounty + -ive, fem. of -if -ive ) + -ous

Related forms:
boun⋅te⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
boun⋅te⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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boun·te·ous   (boun'tē-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Giving or inclined to give generously.

  2. Generously and copiously given. See Synonyms at liberal.


[Middle English bountevous, from Old French bontive, benevolent, from bonte, bounty; see bounty.]
boun'te·ous·ly adv., boun'te·ous·ness n.
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