abundant
(adjective) present in great quantity; “an abundant supply of water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
• [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. — Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
Antonyms: rare, scarce
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
• (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.
• ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
• bountiful
• copious
• exuberant
• liberal
• overflowing
• plenteous
• plentiful
• profuse
• rich
• teeming
• See also abundant
Source: Wiktionary
A*bun"dant, a. Etym: [OE. (h)abundant, aboundant, F. abondant, fr. L. abudans, p. pr. of abundare. See Abound.]
Definition: Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.
Syn.
– Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See Ample.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2025
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
