copious

CEFRB2

/ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Existing or produced in large amounts.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

Examples

  • I found the suites capacious, the sofas commodious, the sandwiches copious.

  • Tom drinks copious amounts of alcohol.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Having an abundant supply.

  2. Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

More examples

In context

  • He drank a copious amount of vodka, and passed out.

  • She took copious notes.

  • These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious,

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus, from copia (“abundance”), equivalent to co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”). By surface analysis, copy + -ous.