copiousadj.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊpɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊpiəs/

Forms: Middle English–1500s copyous, copiouse, Middle English–1800s copious, (Middle English copyowse, copyose, copiose, 1500s copeus).

Etymology: < Latin cōpiōsus plentiful, < cōpia plenty: compare French copieux (16th cent. in Littré).

†1. Furnished plentifully with anything; having or yielding an abundant supply of; abounding in; Obsolete except as in copious sources, where it passes into 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > yielding in abundance

plenteousc1325

copiousa1387

plentifulc1400

abundantc1405

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance

fulleOE

ranka1250

broada1300

rifec1325

copiousa1387

wealthful ofa1400

plaina1450

heavy-ladenc1450

fluenta1592

onust1604

heavy1622

onusted1657

opulent1685

aflooda1729

rowtha1774

acrawl1830

lousy1843

awash1912

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 17 Þe erþe of that lond is copious of metal ore.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. vii. 444 Eufrates..is moost copyous in gemmes and precyous stones.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 287 A copious londe, and habundant in marchaundise.

a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Bi He is more copyous in laboures, in strypes above measure.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 14 A certane toune copious in citizenis.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 135 Be copious in exclaimes.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) iii. 106 It is indifferent copious of all things necessary for humane life.

1720 J. Gay Trivia ii, in Poems I. 179 Newgate's copious market.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 162 Copious of flow'rs the woodbine, pale and wan.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. Introd. p. lxxxiii More copious sources of knowledge.

2. In pregnant sense:

a. Abounding in information; full of matter.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective]

informatory?a1475

copiousa1500

informing1581

intelligentiary1590

intelligencing1595

informative1646

intelligential1820

informational1821

instructional1832

telling1834

factful1842

facty1871

FYI1973

a1500 Orol. Sap. in Anglia X. 327 Þei þat bene copiose and habundant in þe letterere science.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. H.iv Those studyes shall make him copyous.

1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 69 Our learned Diuinitie Professors..are full and copious in this point.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 41 Touching which particular both the Canonists and Civilians are very copious.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 May (1965) I. 355 This copious subject has drawn me from my Description of the Exchange.

1775 S. Johnson Let. 20 July (1992) II. 252 You have two or three of my Letters to answer, and I hope you will be very copious and distinct, and tell me a great deal of your mind.

1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi i. 13 The Iliad and Odyssey give a picture of the age to which they refer, alike copious and animated, comprehensive and minute.

†b. Having a plentiful command of language for the expression of ideas. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > having abundant vocabulary

copious1430

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xvi And of wordes wonder copyous.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. viii. 67 It is a signe that such a maker is not copious in his owne language.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 50 Our author seems copious, but is indeed very poor of expression.

c. Profuse in speech; diffuse or exuberant in style or treatment.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective]

large?c1400

ample1447

copiousc1450

exuberous1651

exuberant1654

voluminous1672

fuse1724

c1450 J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 31 Be not to copiose [v.r. copious] of langage.

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i. xxiii, in Wks. 153 She will waxe copious and chop logicke.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 244. ⁋2 When you see a Fellow watch for Opportunities for being Copious.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iii. xv. 198 Declaimers of a copious Vein.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iii. 106 A copious archdeacon, who has the command of immense papers, of sonorous language.

d. Of a language: Having a large vocabulary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > having large vocabulary

copiousc1550

worded1734

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 13 Oure scottis tong is nocht sa copeus as is the lateen tong.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 379 French, English, or any other copious language.

1772 W. Jones Ess. Poetry Eastern Nations in Poems 182 Their language is..the most copious, perhaps, in the world.

a. Existing in rich abundance; plentiful; abundant. Now chiefly used with nouns expressing production or supply, or in reference to quantity produced; with names of material substances, it is obsolete or archaic, but is used of literary materials.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective]

goodeOE

broadOE

fullOE

large?c1225

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aboundc1425

affluentc1425

aboundable?1440

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olda1500

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cornucopian1609

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superfluent1648

full tide1649

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numerose1692

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prolific1890

proliferous1915

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxii. 6 In the mydday..a copious liȝt schon aboute me.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 399 There lyme is copious and slattes for house.

1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms cix. 41 Oure raumsoun is ful copyous, For thou art redy thi grace to sende.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C j b If the coloure of the poynt be more copiose or gretter in thos armys.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. ix. 35 To desire..that they would lend him their provision which was copious.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 325 Rose as in Dance the stately Trees, and spred Thir branches hung with copious Fruit.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 43 Sea-water containing a copious Salt.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet ii. 287 The copious Use of Vinegar.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 7 The copious produce of her fertile plains.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 212 The moisture..is quickly condensed..and falls down in copious dews.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 714 Diacetate of lead throws down a copious white precipitate.

1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 94 Which..induces a more copious display of flowers.

1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) vi. 98 A clear and copious spring comes bubbling out at its base.

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. i. 7 Her hair, which was copious.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xix. 455 The evidence collected is exceedingly copious.

†b. Multitudinous, numerous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > abundant, numerous

so manyc888

thickc893

muchc1225

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stourc1275

unridec1300

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. x. 1 Kyng Demetrie..gadride an oost ful copiouse.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 321 The peple of hit is copious, of semely stature.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. v. 6 A strong band, and a copious people.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 534 To heap the Shores with copious Death.

1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage vi. 82 We shall..conclude with the Actions of the Hands, more copious and various than all the other Parts of the Body.

4. as adv. = copiously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb]

enoughOE

roomOE

largely?c1225

rifec1225

foison13..

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heartily?1577

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profusively1650

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prolifically1735

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copious1791

aplenty1830

plenty1842

swimming1887

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 104 And from his wide wound bleeding copious still.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 79 Buried gold, drawn copious from the mine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	copious
释义	copiousadj. Brit. /ˈkəʊpɪəs/, U.S. /ˈkoʊpiəs/ Forms: Middle English–1500s copyous, copiouse, Middle English–1800s copious, (Middle English copyowse, copyose, copiose, 1500s copeus). Etymology: < Latin cōpiōsus plentiful, < cōpia plenty: compare French copieux (16th cent. in Littré). †1. Furnished plentifully with anything; having or yielding an abundant supply of; abounding in; Obsolete except as in copious sources, where it passes into 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > yielding in abundance plenteousc1325 copiousa1387 plentifulc1400 abundantc1405 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance fulleOE ranka1250 broada1300 rifec1325 copiousa1387 wealthful ofa1400 plaina1450 heavy-ladenc1450 fluenta1592 onust1604 heavy1622 onusted1657 opulent1685 aflooda1729 rowtha1774 acrawl1830 lousy1843 awash1912 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 17 Þe erþe of that lond is copious of metal ore. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. vii. 444 Eufrates..is moost copyous in gemmes and precyous stones. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 287 A copious londe, and habundant in marchaundise. a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Bi He is more copyous in laboures, in strypes above measure. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 14 A certane toune copious in citizenis. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 135 Be copious in exclaimes. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) iii. 106 It is indifferent copious of all things necessary for humane life. 1720 J. Gay Trivia ii, in Poems I. 179 Newgate's copious market. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 162 Copious of flow'rs the woodbine, pale and wan. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. Introd. p. lxxxiii More copious sources of knowledge. 2. In pregnant sense: a. Abounding in information; full of matter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective] informatory?a1475 copiousa1500 informing1581 intelligentiary1590 intelligencing1595 informative1646 intelligential1820 informational1821 instructional1832 telling1834 factful1842 facty1871 FYI1973 a1500 Orol. Sap. in Anglia X. 327 Þei þat bene copiose and habundant in þe letterere science. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. H.iv Those studyes shall make him copyous. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 69 Our learned Diuinitie Professors..are full and copious in this point. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 41 Touching which particular both the Canonists and Civilians are very copious. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 May (1965) I. 355 This copious subject has drawn me from my Description of the Exchange. 1775 S. Johnson Let. 20 July (1992) II. 252 You have two or three of my Letters to answer, and I hope you will be very copious and distinct, and tell me a great deal of your mind. 1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi i. 13 The Iliad and Odyssey give a picture of the age to which they refer, alike copious and animated, comprehensive and minute. †b. Having a plentiful command of language for the expression of ideas. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > having abundant vocabulary copious1430 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xvi And of wordes wonder copyous. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. viii. 67 It is a signe that such a maker is not copious in his owne language. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 50 Our author seems copious, but is indeed very poor of expression. c. Profuse in speech; diffuse or exuberant in style or treatment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] large?c1400 ample1447 copiousc1450 exuberous1651 exuberant1654 voluminous1672 fuse1724 c1450 J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 31 Be not to copiose [v.r. copious] of langage. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i. xxiii, in Wks. 153 She will waxe copious and chop logicke. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 244. ⁋2 When you see a Fellow watch for Opportunities for being Copious. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iii. xv. 198 Declaimers of a copious Vein. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iii. 106 A copious archdeacon, who has the command of immense papers, of sonorous language. d. Of a language: Having a large vocabulary. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > having large vocabulary copiousc1550 worded1734 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 13 Oure scottis tong is nocht sa copeus as is the lateen tong. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 379 French, English, or any other copious language. 1772 W. Jones Ess. Poetry Eastern Nations in Poems 182 Their language is..the most copious, perhaps, in the world. 3. a. Existing in rich abundance; plentiful; abundant. Now chiefly used with nouns expressing production or supply, or in reference to quantity produced; with names of material substances, it is obsolete or archaic, but is used of literary materials. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] goodeOE broadOE fullOE large?c1225 rifec1225 fulsomea1325 abundanta1382 plenteousa1382 copiousc1384 plentifula1400 ranka1400 aboundc1425 affluentc1425 aboundable?1440 seedy1440 manyfulc1450 ample1472 olda1500 richa1500 flowing1526 fertilent1535 wallingc1540 copy1546 abounding1560 fat1563 numbrous1566 good, great store1569 round1592 redundant1594 fruitful1604 cornucopian1609 much1609 plenty?a1610 pukka1619 redundant1621 uberant1622 swelling1628 uberous1633 numerousa1635 superfluent1648 full tide1649 lucky1649 redounding1667 numerose1692 bumper1836 prolific1890 proliferous1915 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxii. 6 In the mydday..a copious liȝt schon aboute me. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 399 There lyme is copious and slattes for house. 1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms cix. 41 Oure raumsoun is ful copyous, For thou art redy thi grace to sende. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C j b If the coloure of the poynt be more copiose or gretter in thos armys. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. ix. 35 To desire..that they would lend him their provision which was copious. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 325 Rose as in Dance the stately Trees, and spred Thir branches hung with copious Fruit. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 43 Sea-water containing a copious Salt. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet ii. 287 The copious Use of Vinegar. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 7 The copious produce of her fertile plains. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 212 The moisture..is quickly condensed..and falls down in copious dews. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 714 Diacetate of lead throws down a copious white precipitate. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 94 Which..induces a more copious display of flowers. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) vi. 98 A clear and copious spring comes bubbling out at its base. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. i. 7 Her hair, which was copious. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xix. 455 The evidence collected is exceedingly copious. †b. Multitudinous, numerous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > abundant, numerous so manyc888 thickc893 muchc1225 rifec1275 stourc1275 unridec1300 copiousc1384 plentya1400 rivedc1400 numerable?a1425 numerous?a1475 many a several1543 rank1545 numberous1566 huge1570 multuous1586 multeous1589 numberful1594 numberable1596 numbery1606 numbersomea1617 multitudinousa1631 sand-like1630 voluminous1650 several1712 smart1750 powerful1800 multitudinarious1810 multitudinary1838 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. x. 1 Kyng Demetrie..gadride an oost ful copiouse. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 321 The peple of hit is copious, of semely stature. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. v. 6 A strong band, and a copious people. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 534 To heap the Shores with copious Death. 1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage vi. 82 We shall..conclude with the Actions of the Hands, more copious and various than all the other Parts of the Body. 4. as adv. = copiously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] enoughOE roomOE largely?c1225 rifec1225 foison13.. rivedlyc1300 plenteously1340 plentily1340 fulsomelya1375 abundantlya1382 plenteousc1390 aboundinglyc1400 plentifullyc1400 copiously1447 abundanta1450 amply1454 substantiously1507 fatly?1521 largea1522 plentiful1563 heartily?1577 locupletely1599 redundantly1615 mainly1618 showeringly1621 rifely1648 profusively1650 galore1675 prolifically1735 wholesale1762 copious1791 aplenty1830 plenty1842 swimming1887 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 104 And from his wide wound bleeding copious still. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 79 Buried gold, drawn copious from the mine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1384
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