bountihead en · NOUN
Etymology
From bounty + -head.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) Bounteousness.
How shall fraile pen, with feare disparaged, / Conceiue such soueraine glory, and great bountihed?
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bountihed | alternative | lexicographic |