51³Ō¹Ļ

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bounteous

[boun-tee-uhs]

adjective

  1. giving or disposed to give freely; generous; liberal.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  2. more than sufficient; plentiful; abundant.

    Synonyms: , ,


bounteous

/ ˈ²ś²¹ŹŠ²Ō³ŁÉŖÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. giving freely; generous

    the bounteous goodness of God

  2. plentiful; abundant

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • bounteously adverb
  • bounteousness noun
  • overbounteous adjective
  • overbounteously adverb
  • overbounteousness noun
  • unbounteous adjective
  • unbounteously adverb
  • unbounteousness noun
  • ˈ²ś“dzܲԳٱš“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
  • ˈ²ś“dzܲԳٱš“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of bounteous1

First recorded in 1325–75; late Middle English bo(u)ntevous, from Old French bontieus, bontive (equivalent to bonte ā€œgoodnessā€ + -ive, feminine of adjective ending -if ) + -ous adjective suffix, influenced by bounty; -ive, -ous
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Example Sentences

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In any case, depending on what type of information consumer you are, these trivia boxes coupled with the announcers’ ā€œdid you knowā€ offerings were either a bounteous accessory or an overload.

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The crowd participation moments that the star envisaged in the recording studio also came to bounteous fruition.

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And a bounteous survey of her work on paper, titled ā€œJoan Jonas: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral,ā€ is at the Drawing Center in SoHo.

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This British rap tag team is about improbable wealth, bounteous opportunities, living so fast that what’s slipping by is almost as good as what you manage to grab hold of.

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Ontario’s survival and prosperity so thrived in efficient and bounteous irrigation water that in 1903 it was proclaimed a ā€œmodel irrigation colonyā€ by Congress.

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