copious means vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
copious is pronounced /ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/.
Why “copious” is a great word
Abundant in supply or quantity; profuse. From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus (“plentiful”), from copia (“abundance, plenty”), from co- (intensive prefix) + ops (“wealth, power”). Unlike “ample,” which suggests a spacious sufficiency, or “profuse,” which implies an extravagant outpouring, copious is a neutral testament to sheer volume. It is the weight of a peach tree bending its branches, the ink of a scholar’s marginalia filling every white space, or the endless silt deposited by a slow river—a quiet, accumulating fact of the world’s generative excess, where some sources, once tapped, refuse to be measured.
Etymology
From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus, from copia (“abundance”), equivalent to co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”). By surface analysis, copy + -ous.
adj
- Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.e.g.“He drank a copious amount of vodka, and passed out.”
- Having an abundant supply.
- Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.
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