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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Generous \Gen"er*ous\, a. [F. g['e]n['e]reux, fr L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr genus birth, race: cf It generoso See 2d {Gender}.] 1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.] The generous and gravest citizens. --Shak. 2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. ``The generous critic.'' --Pope. ``His generous spouse.'' --Pope. ``A generous pack [of hounds].'' --Addison. 3. Open-handed; free to give not close or niggardly; munificent; as a generous friend or father. 4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as a generous table. --Swift. 5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as generous wine. Syn: Magnanimous; bountiful. See {Liberal}. -- {Gen"er*ous*ly}, adv -- {Gen"er*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: generous adj 1: willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation" [ant: {stingy}] 2: not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people" [ant: {ungenerous}] 3: more than adequate; "a generous portion" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: GENEROUS, adj Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.
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