generous

  1. Adjective.  (obsolete) Of noble birth. (defdate, 16th-19th c.) .
  2. Adjective.  Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  3. Adjective.  Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
  4. Adjective.  Large, more than ample, copious. (defdate, from 17th c.) .

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.