abundant

Pronunciation: /əˈbʌn.dənt/

The English word “abundant” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

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