copiousness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkoʊpiəsnəs/ UK /ˈkəʊpiəsnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
the quality of being abundant or plentiful

The copiousness of the harvest astonished the farmers.

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1 noun · the quality of being... abundance plenty profusion bounty amplitude plenitude

Opposites

scarcity dearth paucity scantiness

Word family

Related forms copious copiously copy

Etymology

From 'copious' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ness'. 'Copious' is from Latin 'copiosus' ('plentiful'), from 'copia' ('abundance').

copiosus Latin copia Latin

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# copiousness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈkoʊpiəsnəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈkəʊpiəsnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality of being abundant or plentiful

## Examples
- The copiousness of the harvest astonished the farmers.

## Synonyms
- abundance
- plenty
- profusion
- bounty
- amplitude
- plenitude

## Antonyms
- scarcity
- dearth
- paucity
- scantiness

## Related Forms
- copious
- copiously
- copy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: copiosus
- Root: copia

## Etymology
From 'copious' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ness'. 'Copious' is from Latin 'copiosus' ('plentiful'), from 'copia' ('abundance').

## AI Etymology
Copiousness is from 'copious' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ness'. 'Copious' is from Latin 'copiosus' ('plentiful'), from 'copia' ('abundance'). Important recorded forms include copiosus (Latin) and copia (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality of being abundant or plentiful. The wider family includes related words such as copious, copiously, and copy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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