BOUNTEOUS Meaning of BOUNTEOUS in English [boun.te.ous] adj [ME bountevous, fr. MF bontif kind, fr. OF, fr. bonte] (14c) 1: giving or disposed to give freely 2: liberally bestowed -- boun.te.ous.ly adv -- boun.te.ous.ness n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012