different between abundant vs munificent

English

Alternative forms

• aboundant, abundaunt, habundaunt, habundant (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abund?ns, present participle of abundo (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t/, /??bn?.dn?t/

Adjective

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)

1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • 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.

   Antonyms: rare, scarce

2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
3. (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

   Antonym: deficient

Usage notes

• (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.

Synonyms

• ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
• bountiful
• copious
• exuberant
• liberal
• overflowing
• plenteous
• plentiful
• profuse
• rich
• teeming
• See also Thesaurus:abundant

Derived terms

Related terms

• abound

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin abundans.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.bun?dant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.bun?dan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bun?dant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

abundant (masculine and feminine plural abundants)

1. abundant; plentiful

Derived terms

• abundantment

Related terms

• abundància
• abundar

Further reading

• “abundant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• abondant

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.b?n?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: abun?dant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)

1. abundant

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?n?dant/

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantsten)

1. abundant

Declension

Latin

Verb

abundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of abund?

Old French

Verb

abundant

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant

English

Etymology

Back-formation from munificence, from Latin m?nificentia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /mju?n?f?sn?t/

Adjective

munificent (comparative more munificent, superlative most munificent)

1. (of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 30:

     Tellson's Bank . . . was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.

   • 1974 April 8, "Politics: Milkmen Skimming Off More Cream," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

     [M]ilk producers are among the most munificent backers of political campaigns in the U.S.

   • 2008 March 20, Martin Filler, "Broad-Minded Museum," New York Review of Books (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

     An exceptionally munificent benefactor of several institutions, he has given $100 million each to MIT and Harvard.

2. (of a gift, donation, etc.) Very generous; lavish.
   • 1886, Louisa May Alcott, Jo's Boys, ch. 1:

     On the hill, where kites used to be flown, stood the fine college which Mr Laurence's munificent legacy had built.

   • 1914, William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of the Dons, ch. 25:

     It was all very well for this casual youth to make her a present of a half million acres of land in this debonair way, but she could not persuade herself to accept so munificent a gift.

   • 1969 April 11, "Business: Up, Up and Away with Wages," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

     The machinists finally agreed to a munificent increase averaging 5.7% a year for three years.

Synonyms

• bounteous, generous, liberal

Derived terms

• munificently

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin munificus, munificens (“liberal”), from munus (“gift”) + facio (“I make”).

Adjective

munificent (comparative munificenter, superlative munificentst)

1. generous

Inflection

Synonyms

• (generous): genereus, gul, goedgeefs, vrijgevig, royaal

Romanian

Etymology

From French munificent

Adjective

munificent m or n (feminine singular munificent?, masculine plural munificen?i, feminine and neuter plural munificente)

1. munificent

Declension