Dictionary entry

Bounteous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Boun″te‐ous (�), a. [OE. bountevous, fr. bounte bounty.] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production.

But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good.

Cowper.

— Boun″te‐ous‐ly, adv. — Boun″te‐ous‐ness, n.