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bounteous

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Generous in giving, liberal in spirit, or plentiful in supply; the term may describe a charitable person, rich harvest, or abundant source.

Detailed Definition
This is a more literary and slightly old-fashioned word for being very generous or plentiful. In the poem, it describes Summer as richly providing for the garden in the line quoted.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Summer held it in her bounteous hand” personifies abundance as generosity; a bounteous harvest spills gold across the threshing floor; the sea offers a bounteous catch, though the fishers remain poor; in praise poetry, bounteous often describes nature, love, or divine provision
Additional Notes
In the quoted line, bounteous is a literary adjective that many modern readers may pause over because it is less common than generous or abundant.; Found in the poem, Vos Non Vobis by Edith M. Thomas
Also Known As
generous plentiful abundant lavish
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