Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bounteous

/ˈbaʊntiəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: boun-teous
IPA: /ˈbaʊntiəs/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inclined to be generous.

adj

Liberal or abundant.

adj

Example Sentences

"Which with a bounteous hand was kindly lent"
"Be bounteous at our Meale. Giue me thy hand, / Thou haſt bin rightly honeſt, ſo haſt thou […]"
"Hail, univerſal Lord, be bounteous ſtill / To give us onely good; […]"
"“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.”"
"“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. […]"
"The house came with a bounteous yard."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bountevous, from Old French bontios; by surface analysis, bounty + ous.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bountevous, bontios

Inflected Forms

more bounteous (comparative) most bounteous (superlative) bountious (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

bounteously bounteousness overbounteous unbounteous

Synonyms

big bighearted bountiful freehanded handsome giving liberal openhanded

Questions

How do you pronounce bounteous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaʊntiəs/.
What does bounteous mean?: Inclined to be generous.
Where does bounteous come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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