copious
11copious — adjective /ˈkoʊpiəs/ a) Great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant. These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is… …
12copious — co|pi|ous [ˈkəupiəs US ˈkou ] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: copiosus, from copia large amounts , from co ( CO ) + ops wealth ] existing or being produced in large quantities ▪ He could drink copious amounts of beer… …
13copious — adj. Copious is used with these nouns: ↑amount, ↑note, ↑quantity, ↑reference …
14copious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abundant, plentiful, ample, overflowing; wordy, profuse, diffuse, prolix. See sufficiency.Ant., meager, scanty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Abundant] Syn. lavish, plentiful, profuse, extensive; see… …
15copious — [14] Copious comes, either directly or via Old French copieux, from Latin copiōsus, a derivative of copia ‘abundance’ (from which English also gets copy). Copia itself was originally a compound noun, formed from the intensive prefix com and ops… …
16copious — adjective existing or being produced in large quantities: Jill sat through the meeting and made copious notes. copiously adverb: Then she wept copiously …
17copious — adjective she took copious notes Syn: abundant, superabundant, plentiful, ample, profuse, full, extensive, generous, bumper, lavish, fulsome, liberal, overflowing, in abundance, many, numerous; informal galore; literary plenteous See note at …
18copious — co•pi•ous [[t]ˈkoʊ pi əs[/t]] adj. 1) large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful 2) yielding an abundant supply: a copious harvest[/ex] 3) exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L cōpiōsus plentiful …
19copious — [14] Copious comes, either directly or via Old French copieux, from Latin copiōsus, a derivative of copia ‘abundance’ (from which English also gets copy). Copia itself was originally a compound noun, formed from the intensive prefix com and ops… …
20copious in speech — index loquacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
