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abundant
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)
- 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
- a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
- 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.]
- 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)
- 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)
- abundant
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?n?dant/
Adjective
abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantsten)
- abundant
Declension
Latin
Verb
abundant
- third-person plural present active indicative of abund?
Old French
Verb
abundant
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant
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precious
English
Alternative forms
- pretious (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English precious, borrowed from Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), from Latin preti?sus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), from pretium (“value, price”); see price.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p????s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
precious (comparative more precious, superlative most precious)
- Of high value or worth.
- Regarded with love or tenderness.
- (derogatory) Treated with too much reverence.
- (derogatory) Contrived to be cute or charming.
- (colloquial) Thorough; utter.
- a precious rascal
Synonyms
- (of high value): dear, valuable
- (contrived to charm): saccharine, syrupy, twee
Derived terms
- nonprecious
- precious metal
- precious stone
- preciously
- preciousness
- semiprecious
Related terms
Translations
Noun
precious (plural preciouses)
- Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.
- 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- “It isn't fair, my precious, is it, to ask us what it's got in its nassty little pocketses?”
- 1909, Mrs. Teignmouth Shore, The Pride of the Graftons (page 57)
- She sat down with the dogs in her lap. "I won't neglect you for any one, will I, my preciouses?"
- 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Adverb
precious (not comparable)
- Very; an intensifier.
- There is precious little we can do.
- precious few pictures of him exist
Usage notes
This adverb is chiefly used before few and little; usage with other adjectives (slight, small, scant) is much more sporadic, and is in any case limited to the semantic field of “little, small, scarce, few”.
Translations
Further reading
- precious on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- precious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- precious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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