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单词 bountiful
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bountifuladj.

/ˈbaʊntɪfʊl/
Etymology: < bounty n. + -ful suffix.
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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