abundant
Etymology
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Etymology
First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundo ("to overflow, to abound").
Pronunciation Adjectiveabundant
- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- Antonyms: rare, scarce
- Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.
- an abundant selection of carpets to choose from
- a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination:
- [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- Antonyms: deficient
- ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
- bountiful
- copious
- exuberant
- liberal
- overflowing
- plenteous
- plentiful
- profuse
- rich
- teeming
- See also Thesaurus:abundant
- French: abondant
- German: reichlich, wohlhabend
- Italian: abbondante
- Portuguese: abundante
- Russian: оби́льный
- Spanish: abundante, copioso, cuantioso
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