bountevous

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === bontevous, bountevouse, bowntevous bonetyvose (Northern); bountyveus (North Midland); bontyvese (Promptorium Parvulorum) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bontivous, from bontif (“benevolent”) +‎ -os (“-ous”); by surface analysis, bounte +‎ -(v)ous. First attested in c. 1390. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbuːntɛˈvuːs/, /ˈbuːntɛvus/ === Adjective === bountevous (chiefly Late Middle English) Virtuous, benevolent; morally good. Munificent, generous; eager to provide. (rare) Good, useful, competent. ==== Descendants ==== English: bounteous → Middle Scots: bounteous ==== References ==== “bǒuntevǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “bounteous, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.