[ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected
(e.g: a generous benefactor to the University)

- (of a thing) larger or more plentiful than is usual or necessary
(e.g: a generous helping of pasta)


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Origin:
late 16th century: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’. The original sense was ‘of noble birth’, hence ‘characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean’