† scopefuladj.
Obsolete.
Having or affording large scope.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent
broadOE
sideOE
wideOE
largec1230
spaciousa1382
unridea1425
amplea1492
well-spreadc1540
main1548
overreaching1579
widespread1582
spacious1587
wide-spreading1587
scopeful1598
vasty1598
scopious1599
vast1600
worldwide1602
spaceful1621
dimensious1632
voluminousa1661
extensive1706
sheety1748
sweeping1772
extended1779
expansive1806
wide-spreaded1820
heaven-wide1835
spanless1847
rangy1898
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Ample, large, scopefull.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 315 Giving them that were disposed to mock at him, a pleasant and scopefull occasion to doe it.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Ample Wide, large, scopefull, spacious.
a1618 J. Sylvester Sonn. in Posthumi vii, in Wks. (1880) II. 322/1 Sith round beleaguer'd by rough Neptune's legions Within the straite-nookes of this narrow Ile; The noblest volumes of our vulgar style Cannot escape unto more scopefull Regions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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