Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply: a copious harvest. See Synonyms at plentiful.
- adj. Large in quantity; abundant: copious rainfall.
- adj. Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy: "I found our speech copious without order, and energetic without rules” ( Samuel Johnson).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Abundant; plentiful; ample; large in quantity or number: as, copious supplies; a copious feast; copious notes of a lecture; copious rain.
- Exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.
- Having an abundant supply; abounding; plenteous; liberal.
- Synonyms Ample, Copious, Plenteous (see ample), rich, full, exuberant, overflowing, profuse.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. affording an abundant supply
- adj. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Latin cōpiōsus, from cōpia, abundance; see op- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“The word copious means plentiful in number deriving from the Latin copiosus, from copia, meaning "abundance.”
“Not only the intensely personal account of a dedicated vegan, the book is buttressed with a wealth of scholarship, reflected in copious footnotes and a wide-ranging bibliography.”
“So if you were around yesterday, you know that while trying to engage in copious napping, I also am aiming to gear up for the coming year.”
“All of which has been documented hereon this site in copious amounts.”
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“This is of course all secondary to his rigorous super hero training regimen, comprised mostly out of creating “What If?” scenarios with action figures and clocking in copious amounts of time in Batman: Arkham Asylum.”
“The two women express their feelings in copious direct discourse.”
“I must say that as an evening eater, I like the sacrifices of Ramadan since one may pig out upon sunset if I understand the rules and I am an evening eater and drinker (in copious amounts I might add).”
“Mix well with lies, sprinkle in copious amounts of fear and stir until a frenzy is reached.”
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“An even larger number of non-theologians have raised moral objections to gambling and pornography, both of which are found in copious amounts in our military.”
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“OrenWithAnE: An even larger number of non-theologians have raised moral objections to gambling and pornography, both of which are found in copious amounts in our military.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( etymology )
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 837 more...
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jaydrox's list
Mah list!
mediocracy, captivatingly, devastatingly, dazedly, heavenly, flawless, copious, conviction, synoptic, amalgamation, prefatory, precursory and 150 more...
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lonelyships's list
insidious, pernicious, persnickety, beguiling, enamored, eponym, twitterpated, tenoroon, diptera, sedge fly, aesthetic, copious and 3 more...
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Philosophic , etymology
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quale , qualia, elegy, tacet, lexicon, annunciate, caste, eros, contrive, purlicue, irony, venacular, dilapidate and 66 more...
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Wuthering Heights List 4
Ten words used in Wuthering Heights
copious, benevolent, stupefied, obviate, vapid, melancholy, discerned, obscurely, tenacious, sentinel
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Word of the day from work
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erinoftheyear I hate this word. It's very condescending, and it pisses me off. Aug 15, 2007
seanahan I hear this word most often in terms of copious amounts of alcohol. Dec 19, 2006
brtom Hail Son of God, Saviour of Men, thy Name
Shall be the copious matter of my Song ...
Milton, Paradise Lost III Dec 19, 2006