Copious Definition

kōpē-əs
adjective
Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply.
A copious harvest.
American Heritage
Very plentiful; abundant.
Webster's New World
Wordy; profuse or diffuse in language.
Webster's New World
Full of information.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Copious

  • From Middle English, from Latin copiosus, copia (“abundance”), from Latin co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin cōpiōsus from cōpia abundance op- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Copious Sentence Examples

  • Jackson wrote copious notes.

  • She held up her pad of copious notes.

  • Martha had continued to take copious notes on each and every case.

  • He was yards behind and took copious notes.

  • It is odd that this irregular poem, with its copious and varied music, its splendid sweep of emotion, its unfailing richness of texture - this poem in which Tennyson rises to heights of human sympathy and intuition which he reached nowhere else, should have been received with bitter hostility, have been styled "the dead level of prose run mad," and have been reproved more absurdly still for its "rampant and rabid bloodthirstiness of soul."

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Words Starting With

CCOCOP

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

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Words Starting With C and Ending With S

Starts With C & Ends With SStarts With CO & Ends With SStarts With C & Ends With US

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With S