Copious?

The chocolates we were given on the way from Cape Town to Johannesburg on BA.  They were the size of a postage stamp.  I think they're confused about the word "copious".  They're certainly confused about my take on the word "copious"!

co·pi·ous

  [koh-pee-uhs]  Show IPA

adjective

1.

large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.

2.

having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest.

3.

exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.

Origin: 
1350–1400; Middle English  < Latin cōpiōsus  plentiful, rich, equivalent to cōpi ( a ) wealth ( co- co- + op ( s) Ops + -ia -ia) + -ōsus -ous