† bountiheadn.
Obsolete (except as an archaism).
Bounteousness.
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the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality
freedomOE
custinessOE
largesse?c1225
freeshipa1250
franchisec1325
largitya1382
largenessa1387
liberalityc1390
bountya1400
honestya1400
freenessc1400
largec1400
liberalnessc1410
munificencec1425
plentyc1425
bounteousnessc1440
magnificencec1450
bountifulness1489
bountines1512
royalty1548
magnificency?c1550
munificency?c1550
free-heartedness1583
profuseness1584
bountihead1590
lavishness1590
frankness1591
ingenuousness1611
fruitfulnessa1616
generosity1634
open-handednessa1640
large-heartedness1640
communicativeness1653
unsparingness1818
free-handedness1860
big-heartedness1872
ungrudgingness1885
two-handedness1891
outgivingness1968
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X4 How shall fraile pen..Conceiue such soueraine glory, and great bountyhed?
1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses & Bk. Psalmes Psalm cxxxvi. 1 The mercy or bountihed which hee receiveth.
1864 Temple Bar Dec. 43 The glorious dead Who have left us their grace and their bountihead.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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