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   Boun·te·ous

   /ˈboun(t)ēəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. generously given or giving; bountiful: archaic "the earth yields a bounteous harvest"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French bontif, -ive ‘benevolent’ (from bonte ‘bounty’), on the pattern of plenteous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bounteously adverb
   • 2. bounteousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

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   • O

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   • U

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   • N

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   • T

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   • E

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   • O

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   • U

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   • S

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