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   boun·te·ous

   /ˈboun(t)ēəs/

   adjective

   • 1. generously given or giving; bountiful: archaic "the earth yields a bounteous harvest"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French bontif, -ive ‘benevolent’ (from bonte ‘bounty’), on the pattern of plenteous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bounteously adverb
   • 2. bounteousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   Bounteous means giving or disposed to give freely, or liberally bestowed. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries of bounteous in this online dictionary.

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   Bounteous means large or generous in amount, especially in a literary context. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from the Hansard archive and Wikipedia, and see how to say it in different languages.

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   Bounteous means large or generous in amount, and is often used in literary contexts. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in different languages.

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   Bounteous definition: giving or disposed to give freely; generous; liberal. . See examples of BOUNTEOUS used in a sentence.

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   Things that are bounteous are plentiful and generously given. Your friends might celebrate your birthday by bringing you a bounteous armful of flowers.

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   Bounteous means giving freely or generously, or plentiful or abundant. See examples, synonyms, pronunciation, word origin and usage of bounteous in British and American English.

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   Bounteous means giving very generously, especially of food or wealth. Learn how to use this formal or literary word with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes.