copious

English

Etymology

From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus, from copia (“abundance”), equivalent to co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”). By surface analysis, copy +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊpiəs

Adjective

copious (comparative more copious, superlative most copious)

1. Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

   He drank a copious amount of vodka, and passed out.

   • 1748, [David Hume], Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     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.
3. Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

Derived terms

• copiously
• copiousness
• overcopious

Related terms

• cornucopia

Translations

great in quantity

• Bulgarian: изобилен (bg) (izobilen)
• Dutch: overvloedig (nl), ampel (nl), copieus (nl)
• Finnish: runsas (fi)
• French: copieux (fr) m, copieuse (fr) f
• German: reichlich (de)
• Hungarian: bőséges (hu), kiadós (hu)
• Latin: cōpiōsus, largus
• Portuguese: abundante (pt), copioso (pt) m
• Russian: оби́льный (ru) m (obílʹnyj), бога́тый (ru) m (bogátyj), обши́рный (ru) m (obšírnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: pailt
• Spanish: copioso (es)
• Walloon: plantiveus (wa) m, plintiveus (wa) m

having an abundant supply

• Bulgarian: изобилен (bg) (izobilen)
• Dutch: bij de vleet
• Finnish: yltäkylläinen (fi)
• Hungarian: bőséges (hu)
• Maori: nanea
• Portuguese: farto (pt) m

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• Dutch: uitgebreid (nl)
• Italian: copioso (it)
• Spanish: copioso (es)
• Swedish: kopiös (sv)