bountiful
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bountiful/ˈbaʊntɪfl/
▶adjective
- 1 abundant.
- 2 giving generously.
– phrases
Lady Bountiful a woman who engages in ostentatious acts of charity. [C19: from the name of a character in Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem (1707).]
Lady Bountiful a woman who engages in ostentatious acts of charity. [C19: from the name of a character in Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem (1707).]
– derivatives
bountifully adverb.
bountifully adverb.
'bountiful' also found in these Oxford entries:
