bounteous

English

Alternative forms

• bountious (obsolete)

Etymology

From bounty +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊntiəs/, /ˈbaʊnʃəs/

Adjective

bounteous (comparative more bounteous, superlative most bounteous)

1. (of a person) Inclined to be generous.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 184:

     Which with a bounteous hand was kindly lent

   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 358, column 2:

     Be bounteous at our Meale. Giue me thy hand, / Thou haſt bin rightly honeſt, ſo haſt thou […]

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Hail, univerſal Lord, be bounteous ſtill / To give us onely good; […]

2. (of a gift, etc.) Liberal or abundant.
   • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XL, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 266:

     “Your Grace may be well assured,” said the Friar, “that, with the grace of Saint Dunstan, I shall find the way of multiplying your most bounteous gift.”

   • 2023 March 5, Miranda Sawyer, quoting Jason Williamson, “Sleaford Mods: ‘The UK is like a crazy golf course – all we’ve got left are landmarks’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I’d like to say it’s not just bounteous privilege, but it is. People like Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, they’re incredibly cut off from the world. […]

Derived terms

• bounteously
• bounteousness
• overbounteous
• unbounteous

 

Translations

inclined to be generous

• Bulgarian: щедър (bg) (štedǎr)
• Czech: štědrý (cs)
• French: généreux (fr)
• Hungarian: bőkezű (hu)
• Polish: hojny (pl), szczodry (pl)

(of a gift, etc.) liberal or abundant

• Bulgarian: богат (bg) (bogat), обилен (bg) (obilen)
• Czech: štědrý (cs), bohatý (cs)
• Scots: roch