adjective
- large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest.
- exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.
adjective
- abundant; extensive in quantity
- having or providing an abundant supply
- full of words, ideas, etc; profuse
adj.mid-14c., from Latin copiosus “plentiful,” from copia “an abundance, ample supply, profusion, plenty,” from com- “with” (see com-) + ops (genitive opis) “power, wealth, resources,” from PIE root *op- “to work, produce in abundance” (see opus). Related: Copiously.