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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.

Ambrose Bierce
Mean, Generosity, Noble
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.94, University of Georgia Press
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.