单词 | bountiful |
释义 | bountifuladj. 1. Of persons: Full of, or abounding in, bounty; graciously liberal, generous.Lady Bountiful: see Lady Bountiful n. at lady n. Compounds 2d. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 172 Thy mercy is..so grete and bountefull to wretched synners. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. xxi. 29 Higher stomacke and bountifuller liberallitie than others. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 164 A worthy gentleman..as bountifull As mines of India. View more context for this quotation 1771 J. Hoine in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lvi. 247 How much easier it is to be generous than just, and..men are sometimes bountiful who are not honest. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. iii. 142 The richest countries were those in which nature was most bountiful. 2. Of things: Characterized by bounty, abundantly yielding; also, ample, abundant, plenteous. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abundantly produced or producing fecundc1400 facund?1504 bountifula1538 redundant?1611 fertilea1616 fruitful1629 prolific1665 productive1672 spawning1682 tousy1895 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 52 Our mother the ground ys so plentuous & bountyful. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. ii. 14 That's a bountifull answere that fits all questions. View more context for this quotation 1860 Tyndall i. §27. 207 A bountiful fire of pine logs was made. 1885 Manch. Examiner 26 Jan. 5/3 Soil so bountiful that one day's labour is sufficient to procure three days' living. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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