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Definition of Bounteous
1. Adjective. Given or giving freely. "Her fond and openhanded grandfather"
Similar to: Generous
Derivative terms: Bigheartedness, Bounteousness, Bounty, Bountifulness, Liberality, Liberalness, Openhandedness
Definition of Bounteous
1. a. Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production.
Definition of Bounteous
1. Adjective. (context: of a person) inclined to be generous ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a gift etc.) liberal or abundant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bounteous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bounteous
Literary usage of Bounteous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"Sir bounteous. My watch ? with all my heart; only give Time a charge, ...
Sir bounteous. Oh, you ne'er knew any of the name but were great travellers. ..."
2. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"490 This turn hath made amends; thou haft fulfill'd Thy words, Creator bounteous
and benign, ... bounteous ..."
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