copious
adjUS /ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/
Etymology From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus, from copia (“abundance”), equivalent to co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”). By surface analysis, copy + -ous.
1
Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
- He drank a copious amount of vodka, and passed out.
- 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,1748, [David Hume], Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
2
Having an abundant supply.
3
Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.
- Derived terms
- copiously, copiousness, overcopious, uncopious
- Related terms
- cornucopia