copious

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin copiosus, copia (“‘supply’”) + -osus (“‘full of’”)

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[edit] Adjective

copious (comparative more copious, superlative most copious)

Positive
copious

Comparative
more copious

Superlative
most copious
  1. Great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant.
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 18.
      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 very copious,
  2. Having an abundant supply.

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great in quantity
having an abundant supply
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