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bounteous

adjective/ˈbaʊntiəs/

What It Means

Inclined to be generous.

Liberal or abundant.

Large.

He was a big man with a bounteous belly.

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Bounteous in Context

““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. […]”

— 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

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

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