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Definition of bounteous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bounteous

adjective
 
/ˈbaʊntiəs/
 
/ˈbaʊntiəs/
(formal or literary)
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  1. giving very generously
    • a bounteous harvest
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French bontif, -ive ‘benevolent’ (from bonte ‘bounty’), on the pattern of plenteous.
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