bountevousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bontivous, from bontif (“benevolent”) +‎ -os (“-ous”); by surface analysis, bounte +‎ -(v)ous. First attested in c. 1390.

発音

• IPA: /ˌbuːntɛˈvuːs/, /ˈbuːntɛvus/

形容詞

bountevous (chiefly Late Middle English)

1. Virtuous, benevolent; morally good.
2. Munificent, generous; eager to provide.
3. (rare) Good, useful, competent.

派生した語

• English: bounteous
  • → Middle Scots: bounteous

参照

• “bǒuntevǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “bounteous, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.