am·ple  ( ăm p əl)
Share:
adj. am·pler, am·plest 1. Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity: an ample living room. See Synonyms at spacious. 2. Fully sufficient to meet a need or purpose: had ample food for the party; was given ample time to decide. See Synonyms at plentiful. 3. Plump or bulky: "Her ample body was not the desired shape in a culture of thinness" (Pamela E. Klassen).
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin amplus.]
ample·ness n. amply (-plē) adv. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2020 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Indo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices
Thousands of entries in the dictionary include etymologies that trace their origins back to reconstructed proto-languages. You can obtain more information about these forms in our online appendices:
Indo-European Roots
Semitic Roots
The Indo-European appendix covers nearly half of the Indo-European roots that have left their mark on English words. A more complete treatment of Indo-European roots and the English words derived from them is available in our Dictionary of Indo-European Roots.
This website is best viewed in Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari. Some characters in pronunciations and etymologies cannot be displayed properly in Internet Explorer.