spaciousadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈspeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˈspeɪʃəs/

Forms: Middle English spaciouse, Middle English–1500s spacyous, Middle English– spacious, 1500s–1800s spatious, 1600s spaceous, 1800s spicious; Scottish pre-1700 spacius, pre-1700 spatious, pre-1700 spatiouse, pre-1700 spatiows, pre-1700 1700s– spacious, 1800s spawcious, 1900s– spashious.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French spacieux; Latin spatiōsus.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman spacioux and Middle French spacieux (also espacieux ; French spacieux ) covering a wide area, extensive, vast (12th cent. in Anglo-Norman as spacios , espacios ) and its etymon classical Latin spatiōsus (in post-classical Latin also spaciosus) covering a wide area, extensive, ample, roomy, (of time) long, lengthy < spatium space n.¹ + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Old Occitan espacios (1420), Spanish espacioso (13th cent.), Portuguese espaçoso, espacioso (14th cent.), Italian spazioso (a1320).

A. adj.

a. Of land, a country, etc.: that is of vast or indefinite extent or area; wide, extensive. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent

broadOE

sideOE

wideOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

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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

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxii. 18 He shal senden þee in to a brod lond & spacious [L. spatiosam].

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxviii. 2 Sent out vp on the spaciouse erthe [L. terram spatiosam].

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xx. 179 The firmamente..is so spacyous, so noble and so large.

1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. xii. f. cxlviii^v The sea of Crete, is so spatious & large, that it is more difficile for them that kepe it, to encounter those, that wil come thider: than for them that come, to kepe themself secrett from them.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb7^v But faire before the gate a spatious playne, Mantled with greene, it selfe did spredden wyde.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. C^v Thats a large lye, as vast as spatious hell.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 245 Thy wisdome, Which..confines This spacious and dilated parts.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 88 Commend the large excess Of spacious Vineyards; cultivate the less [L. laudato ingentia rura, exiguum colito] .

1736 E. Stanley tr. T. de Saint-Hyacinthe Histoire du Prince Titi 122 Having by some few Decampments..drawn Ginguet's Army into a spacious Plain.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 164 Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads.

1820 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 21 Aug. (1941) II. 176 A spacious plain..with village-spires at the entrance of glens.

1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xlvii. 22 Dart thy spirit's light..until its spacious might Satiate the void circumference.

1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 171 The spacious grounds were looking lovely.

1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 80 502 This is a spacious country with cultivation here and there but no houses other than the black nomad tents.

2001 K. Glowczewska tr. R. Kapuściński Shadow of Sun 272 We come to a spacious, peaceful, unpopulated savannah, on which grow acacias and blackthorn bushes.

b. Of a material thing: that has a large surface area; that covers a wide area; extensive, expansive, large.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent

broadOE

sideOE

wideOE

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unridea1425

amplea1492

well-spreadc1540

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wide-spreading1587

scopeful1598

vasty1598

scopious1599

vast1600

worldwide1602

spaceful1621

dimensious1632

voluminousa1661

extensive1706

sheety1748

sweeping1772

extended1779

expansive1806

wide-spreaded1820

heaven-wide1835

spanless1847

rangy1898

1587 A. Day tr. J. Amyot Longus's Daphnis & Chloe ii. sig. E3^v The couere being very spacious and wide, by reason of the great number of trees.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 743 Where this spatious Grauestone lies couched.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 262 Or that his snout and spacious ears Do hold proportion with a Bear's.

1732 J. Swift Market-hill Thorn in Misc. III. i. 28 There stood..A spacious Thorn before the Gate.

1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres III. iv. iii. 243 Twisting or interweaving its branches with one another..so as to form a spacious and commodious covering for his family.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III iv, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 242/1 Then Peter..smoothed his spacious forehead down, With his broad palm.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 6 Thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities.

1947 E. Meynell Portrait of W. Morris 2 Look at the face. There is a noble amplitude about it—the spacious forehead, the candid brows, the broad cheeks, as of one who enjoyed life.

2001 Y. Martel Life of Pi (2002) iii. 11 The Piscines Hébert, Ledru-Rollin and Butte-aux-Cailles were bright, modern, spacious pools fed by artesian wells.

c. Of a journey, course of travel, etc.: that covers a considerable distance. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adjective] > covering a considerable distance

spacious1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 308 It is better to qualifie their rage in long and spacious direct iournies, then in often windings and turnings.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 226 Mettled horses are best knowne by a spacious race.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 162 And when this spatious Course is run, She to the outmost Sphere doth come.

1716 N. Brady tr. Virgil Æneis iii. 48 Tow'rds the Shore with spacious Strides he mov'd.

1754 G. Jeffreys tr. M. Vida Chess in Misc. 160 With rapid Marches the relentless Maid The spacious circuit of his camp survey'd.

1942 S. O'Casey Pictures in Hallway 81 All hurrying out into the garden, making spacious steps for the gateway.

†d. Of a word, language, etc.: widely spoken, widespread. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent

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generala1393

usual1396

popular?a1425

riveda1513

vulgarc1550

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regnant1623

fashionablea1627

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endemiala1682

obtaining1682

prevailing1682

endemious1684

sterling1696

running1697

(as) common as dirt (also muck)1737

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exoteric1814

endemic1852

widish1864

prolate1882

going1909

1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. dd3^v Folkmote, a meeting of the people, which the Latins called Concio, and in a more spacious word Comitia.

1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin xxxvi. 128 This spacious tongue [sc. Latin] once almost as big as any, and as large as a great part of the world, is now bounded in schooles and studies.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 184 The most spacious dialect of the Hebrew is the Syriac.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 153 The high Dutch or Teutonic tongue is one of the prime and most spacious maternall languages of Europe.

a. Of a room, dwelling, etc.: that has or provides ample space or room; large, roomy, commodious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > roomy

roomeOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

ample1483

commodious1540

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roomful1588

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spacy1602

amplitudinous1904

spaceful1906

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xxii. 14 I shal bilden vp to me a large hous & spacious souping placis [L. cenacula spatiosa].

1506 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. gvi This castell, ample, and spacyous.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xv. 24 The former buildings which were but of meane and small estate contented them not, spatious and ample Churches they erected throughout euery Citie.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 294 King Stephen erected a spatious Castle.

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr2^v/2 A spacious Building... A spacious Room.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives III. 421 He..hid himself in a spacious cave there.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. iv. 54 They presently entered a spacious and ancient chamber.

1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 6 Oct. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 147 Those loges are Spicious of an Octagon form.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. ii. 117 Spacious barracks were severally appropriated to the use of the European and native troops.

1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii The drawing-room was a spacious and lofty room.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 10/2 I stepped over a low gunwale into a spacious electric-lighted cabin.

1958 R. K. Narayan Guide (1970) iii. 41 It was so spacious that when my father had transferred all the articles from the hut-shop, the place was only one-quarter filled.

1990 M. Forster Lady's Maid xvi. 237 They were obliged to leave the spacious rented rooms in the Casa Guidi and cram into what seemed a doll's house in comparison.

b. Of a road, street, courtyard, etc.: wide, broad; large, open.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [adjective] > having great breadth or width

broadOE

wideOE

largec1300

straight?a1366

spacious1506

basin-wide1591

late1597

broad-backed1651

1506 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. g.i^v Folowe vs and we shall the brynge In to the hye way whiche is ryght spacyous.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie Peroration 257 No English man for want of that exercise, which the Roman had, & the Athenian vsed in their spacious and great courts, do proue a Tullie or like to Demosthenes.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 115 The forrest walks are wide and spatious.

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. B4 The wayes are delicate, euen, spatious, and very faire.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 21 Middleburgh is the capital City of Zealand,..having spatious Streets.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Apr. (1965) I. 399 The Court leading to it is very Spacious.

1726 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 11 Feb. 3 A very spacious Yard, for both Keal and Tennis-Play.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 155 The streets are spacious and regular.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 18 The spacious outer court was crowded with men and women.

1845 J. H. Ingraham Clipper-yacht i. 8 He did not turn to the right into the wide and spacious avenue which led towards the better part of the town, but deviated to the left, taking a close, crooked street.

1895 Geogr. Jrnl. 6 117 This passage leads into a spacious courtyard with a well in it.

1935 C. P. Fitzgerald China (1938) vi. xxvi. 520 The southern half is arranged in a series of spacious courtyards faced by magnificent halls and gateways.

1967 Sputnik Monthly Digest Nov. 14/1 The town..has large buildings, spacious squares, attractive shop-windows, and yet at the end of the street, the tundra, the arctic wasteland, begins.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 1 Oct. vii. 1/1 Bulky black boxes..were everywhere, rendering the thickly carpeted, spacious causeway all but impossible to navigate.

c. Of a thing: capacious, roomy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > roomy > capacious

capable1594

wide-side1606

captiousa1616

generous1615

capacious1656

spacious1819

continent1856

1598 Meane in Spending in T. Tyro Roring Megge sig. F4 He is none of those that build vast kitchins, but cold: spatious ouens, but emptie: gaudie chimnies, but smokeles.

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. C4^v They had spent much in their Invention and Experiments, which was done in spacious Wind-Furnaces.

1715 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion (ed. 2) I. 181 Rich Presents sent from the Batavian Shore, Consisting of two spacious China Jars.

1789 J. Maxwell Temple Repaired 7 Here's a spacious cupboard in the wall, Where they have us'd to keep their wafers all.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II clx. 199 They furnish'd him..With a clean shirt, and very spacious breeches.

1857 J. Simpson Smiles & Tears 153 In the corner of the spacious cupboard..there is, amongst other things, a linen bag.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 10/1 (advt.) A spacious Master Oven that accommodates two 15-lb. turkeys at one time—provides extra capacity when you need it.

1993 R. Rao On Ganga Ghat v. 46 I took him about town in his large, spacious landau, made in London.

a. Of an immaterial thing: great, ample; extensive, far-reaching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale

largea1400

ample1437

farc1475

diffused?1570

spacious1589

extensive1605

wholesale1642

diffuse1644

extense1644

voluminousa1652

amplivagant1656

extentive1658

numerousa1661

extended1700

amplivagous1731

far-reaching1824

Homeric1841

large-scale1856

wholescale1910

wide-scale1925

big-scale1930

macroscopic1931

broadscale1958

1589 R. Greene Menaphon To Rdrs. sig. ** The spacious volubilitie of a drumming decasillabon.

1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme ii. sig. C^v It seemes..your credite [is] verie spacious here ith Citie.

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. xviii. 92 They, being so mightie, and so popular, And their command so spacious as it was, Might..forget [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 72 You may Conuey your pleasures in a spacious plenty, And yet seeme cold.

1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 280 Charitie was altogether charmed with these spatious consolations.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 41 Being a Type, a Sign,..bearing Analogy to the spatious Commonwealth of Writers.

1842 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 36 368 We strongly suspect a deep current of self-interest under the spacious flow of philanthropy.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 253 What a subject would that have been for a person of Mr. Masson's spacious predilections!

1919 Archit. Rev. Dec. 160/2 Momentous national enterprises that have achieved for their peoples a full and spacious reward.

2003 D. B. Hart Beauty of Infinite 8 The next term is ‘metaphysics,’ to which I shall delegate an equally spacious array of connotations.

†b. That is what is specified to a great degree. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree

greatc1300

no smalla1450

spacious1600

immense1631

far gone1829

strong1897

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor i. iii. sig. Diii Is't possible that such a spacious villaine Should liue and not be plagu'd?

4. Prolonged; occupying a considerable time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > protracting or drawing out > extended in duration

tracting1535

prolonged1557

long-drawn1592

spaciousa1593

lengthened1597

protracted1598

stretched1609

producted1628

continuated1632

extended1737

long-drawn-out1752

drawn-out1824

spun1869

a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies (c1603) i. viii. sig. B Neuer giue a spatious time to ire.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 51 Vse a more spacious ceremonie to the Noble Lords..be more expressiue to them.

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A spacious time, een langen tijdt.

1856 Nytt svenskt och engelskt hand-lexikon 411/2 En l[ång]tid, a long time, a spàcious time.

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xv. 251 Fielding lived..when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings.

1938 R. K. Narayan Dark Room iii. 29 They had a slow, spacious way of handling a story.

1997 All I want for Xmas in alt.sex.stories.moderated (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Dec. Immortal for the moment, her orgasm didn't start its decline for a wonderfully spacious time.

5. Bulky; voluminous; of large size.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky

burlyc1400

bulkedc1420

massyc1540

bowerly1542

lumpish1545

big-bodied1561

massy?1571

spacious1595

voluminousa1635

grossy1648

bulkishc1660

bulky1687

bulksomea1693

material1715

bouksome1785

dinosaurian1916

dinosauric1922

1595 A. Hartwell tr. G. T. Minadoi Hist. Warres Turkes & Persians viii. 350 The commaundement of the Captaine was put in execution, and so their fore-front opened it selfe wyth verie large and spacious Cornets vpon the Prince.

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica x. xxxii. 234 T'expresse such Graces as the Gods adore In Hellen, would a spacious Volume fill.

1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 19 The comely, spacious Whale.

1731 I. Thomson Coll. of Poems i. 43 Here he beholds his spacious Oxen feed.

1849 Comic Almanack 66 (caption) Spacious Gentleman.—‘Will you have the kindness, young man, to measure me for a pair of those at 12s.?’

1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 44 After sundry hustlings, from hurrying men, spacious lounging ladies and busy workmen.

1927 Time 13 June 13/3 No one really wants to put such a booming, spacious fellow as M. Daudet in jail.

6. Characterized by largeness, breadth, or comprehensiveness of views or sympathies.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective]

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affectionless1595

respectless1598

unprejudicating1602

spacious1609

unprejudicate1609

unprejudicated1609

undifferencing?1624

unprepossessed1629

imprejudicate1640

unprejudiced1641

unprejudicial1641

unpreoccupated1641

unsuperstitious1652

moderate1654

unforestalled1657

unengaged1659

equipondious1661

uncaptivated1678

unbiased1686

unbigoted1711

Whiggish1715

open-minded1748

progressive1780

liberal1781

prejudiceless1830

broad1832

great-eyed1850

synoptic1852

undogmatic1857

undogmatical1863

superstitionless1879

race-blind1900

personless1932

verlig1968

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adjective] > of mind, operations: broad, deep, strong

stronga1393

profounda1450

reachinga1500

ingenious1509

spacious1609

vast1610

vigorous1640

rugged1678

wide1717

broad1832

oceanica1834

in depth1959

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxv. sig. I Thou whose will is large and spatious.

1635 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure v. i They have souls more spacious than Kings.

1697 W. Molyneux in Locke's Lett. (1708) 214 Your chapter concerning the conduct of the understanding must needs be very sublime and spacious.

1773 T. Hull Prodigal Son i. 6 Within one narrow Bound confin'd, In one poor Path to move, Is Torture to the spacious Mind, That thro' a World would rove.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women vi, in Poems (new ed.) 123 Those melodious bursts, that fill The spacious times of great Elizabeth With sounds that echo still.

1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 307 In this eclogue he gives hints of that spacious style which was to distinguish him.

1894 Macmillan's Mag. June 160/2 Of the few great men I have known..Kossuth's [was] the most spacious nature.

1935 E. Waugh Edmund Campion ii. 62 A less spacious mind might have resented the decision.

1997 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 May (style section) c1 Both of them are capable of voicing the most spacious thoughts without talking down.

†B. adv.

Spaciously. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > with vast extent

abroadc1300

largelya1398

widely1579

spaciously1598

broadly1599

amply?1611

heaven-wide?1611

spacious1615

extensively1736

extendedly1806

worldwide1836

vastily1844

amplitudinously1921

1615 W. Goddard Neaste of Waspes xxxii. sig. D^v This world is spacious wide.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 102 Let it speak The Makers high magnificence, who built So spacious .

1757 W. Thompson Sickness v, in Poems Several Occasions II. 295 While Vessels sail Spacious, along the fluid Element.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spacious
释义	spaciousadj.adv. Brit. /ˈspeɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˈspeɪʃəs/ Forms: Middle English spaciouse, Middle English–1500s spacyous, Middle English– spacious, 1500s–1800s spatious, 1600s spaceous, 1800s spicious; Scottish pre-1700 spacius, pre-1700 spatious, pre-1700 spatiouse, pre-1700 spatiows, pre-1700 1700s– spacious, 1800s spawcious, 1900s– spashious. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French spacieux; Latin spatiōsus. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman spacioux and Middle French spacieux (also espacieux ; French spacieux ) covering a wide area, extensive, vast (12th cent. in Anglo-Norman as spacios , espacios ) and its etymon classical Latin spatiōsus (in post-classical Latin also spaciosus) covering a wide area, extensive, ample, roomy, (of time) long, lengthy < spatium space n.¹ + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Old Occitan espacios (1420), Spanish espacioso (13th cent.), Portuguese espaçoso, espacioso (14th cent.), Italian spazioso (a1320). A. adj. 1. a. Of land, a country, etc.: that is of vast or indefinite extent or area; wide, extensive. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ 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 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxii. 18 He shal senden þee in to a brod lond & spacious [L. spatiosam]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxviii. 2 Sent out vp on the spaciouse erthe [L. terram spatiosam]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xx. 179 The firmamente..is so spacyous, so noble and so large. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. xii. f. cxlviii^v The sea of Crete, is so spatious & large, that it is more difficile for them that kepe it, to encounter those, that wil come thider: than for them that come, to kepe themself secrett from them. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb7^v But faire before the gate a spatious playne, Mantled with greene, it selfe did spredden wyde. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. C^v Thats a large lye, as vast as spatious hell. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 245 Thy wisdome, Which..confines This spacious and dilated parts. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 88 Commend the large excess Of spacious Vineyards; cultivate the less [L. laudato ingentia rura, exiguum colito] . View more context for this quotation 1736 E. Stanley tr. T. de Saint-Hyacinthe Histoire du Prince Titi 122 Having by some few Decampments..drawn Ginguet's Army into a spacious Plain. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 164 Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads. 1820 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 21 Aug. (1941) II. 176 A spacious plain..with village-spires at the entrance of glens. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xlvii. 22 Dart thy spirit's light..until its spacious might Satiate the void circumference. 1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 171 The spacious grounds were looking lovely. 1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 80 502 This is a spacious country with cultivation here and there but no houses other than the black nomad tents. 2001 K. Glowczewska tr. R. Kapuściński Shadow of Sun 272 We come to a spacious, peaceful, unpopulated savannah, on which grow acacias and blackthorn bushes. b. Of a material thing: that has a large surface area; that covers a wide area; extensive, expansive, large. ΘΚΠ 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 1587 A. Day tr. J. Amyot Longus's Daphnis & Chloe ii. sig. E3^v The couere being very spacious and wide, by reason of the great number of trees. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 743 Where this spatious Grauestone lies couched. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 262 Or that his snout and spacious ears Do hold proportion with a Bear's. 1732 J. Swift Market-hill Thorn in Misc. III. i. 28 There stood..A spacious Thorn before the Gate. 1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres III. iv. iii. 243 Twisting or interweaving its branches with one another..so as to form a spacious and commodious covering for his family. a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III iv, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 242/1 Then Peter..smoothed his spacious forehead down, With his broad palm. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 6 Thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities. 1947 E. Meynell Portrait of W. Morris 2 Look at the face. There is a noble amplitude about it—the spacious forehead, the candid brows, the broad cheeks, as of one who enjoyed life. 2001 Y. Martel Life of Pi (2002) iii. 11 The Piscines Hébert, Ledru-Rollin and Butte-aux-Cailles were bright, modern, spacious pools fed by artesian wells. c. Of a journey, course of travel, etc.: that covers a considerable distance. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adjective] > covering a considerable distance spacious1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 308 It is better to qualifie their rage in long and spacious direct iournies, then in often windings and turnings. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 226 Mettled horses are best knowne by a spacious race. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 162 And when this spatious Course is run, She to the outmost Sphere doth come. 1716 N. Brady tr. Virgil Æneis iii. 48 Tow'rds the Shore with spacious Strides he mov'd. 1754 G. Jeffreys tr. M. Vida Chess in Misc. 160 With rapid Marches the relentless Maid The spacious circuit of his camp survey'd. 1942 S. O'Casey Pictures in Hallway 81 All hurrying out into the garden, making spacious steps for the gateway. †d. Of a word, language, etc.: widely spoken, widespread. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent commona1325 generala1393 usual1396 popular?a1425 riveda1513 vulgarc1550 current1563 afloat1571 widespread1582 penny-rife1606 catholic1607 spacious1610 epidemical1614 epidemial1616 epidemic1617 prevailent1623 regnant1623 fashionablea1627 wide-spreading1655 endemical1658 prevalent1658 endemiala1682 obtaining1682 prevailing1682 endemious1684 sterling1696 running1697 (as) common as dirt (also muck)1737 prevailant1794 exoteric1814 endemic1852 widish1864 prolate1882 going1909 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. dd3^v Folkmote, a meeting of the people, which the Latins called Concio, and in a more spacious word Comitia. 1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin xxxvi. 128 This spacious tongue [sc. Latin] once almost as big as any, and as large as a great part of the world, is now bounded in schooles and studies. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 184 The most spacious dialect of the Hebrew is the Syriac. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 153 The high Dutch or Teutonic tongue is one of the prime and most spacious maternall languages of Europe. 2. a. Of a room, dwelling, etc.: that has or provides ample space or room; large, roomy, commodious. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > roomy roomeOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 ample1483 commodious1540 roomy1549 roomthy1578 roomsome1581 roomful1588 roomthsome1599 spacy1602 amplitudinous1904 spaceful1906 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xxii. 14 I shal bilden vp to me a large hous & spacious souping placis [L. cenacula spatiosa]. 1506 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. gvi This castell, ample, and spacyous. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xv. 24 The former buildings which were but of meane and small estate contented them not, spatious and ample Churches they erected throughout euery Citie. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 294 King Stephen erected a spatious Castle. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr2^v/2 A spacious Building... A spacious Room. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives III. 421 He..hid himself in a spacious cave there. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. iv. 54 They presently entered a spacious and ancient chamber. 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 6 Oct. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 147 Those loges are Spicious of an Octagon form. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. ii. 117 Spacious barracks were severally appropriated to the use of the European and native troops. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii The drawing-room was a spacious and lofty room. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 10/2 I stepped over a low gunwale into a spacious electric-lighted cabin. 1958 R. K. Narayan Guide (1970) iii. 41 It was so spacious that when my father had transferred all the articles from the hut-shop, the place was only one-quarter filled. 1990 M. Forster Lady's Maid xvi. 237 They were obliged to leave the spacious rented rooms in the Casa Guidi and cram into what seemed a doll's house in comparison. b. Of a road, street, courtyard, etc.: wide, broad; large, open. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [adjective] > having great breadth or width broadOE wideOE largec1300 straight?a1366 spacious1506 basin-wide1591 late1597 broad-backed1651 1506 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. g.i^v Folowe vs and we shall the brynge In to the hye way whiche is ryght spacyous. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie Peroration 257 No English man for want of that exercise, which the Roman had, & the Athenian vsed in their spacious and great courts, do proue a Tullie or like to Demosthenes. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 115 The forrest walks are wide and spatious. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. B4 The wayes are delicate, euen, spatious, and very faire. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 21 Middleburgh is the capital City of Zealand,..having spatious Streets. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Apr. (1965) I. 399 The Court leading to it is very Spacious. 1726 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 11 Feb. 3 A very spacious Yard, for both Keal and Tennis-Play. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 155 The streets are spacious and regular. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 18 The spacious outer court was crowded with men and women. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Clipper-yacht i. 8 He did not turn to the right into the wide and spacious avenue which led towards the better part of the town, but deviated to the left, taking a close, crooked street. 1895 Geogr. Jrnl. 6 117 This passage leads into a spacious courtyard with a well in it. 1935 C. P. Fitzgerald China (1938) vi. xxvi. 520 The southern half is arranged in a series of spacious courtyards faced by magnificent halls and gateways. 1967 Sputnik Monthly Digest Nov. 14/1 The town..has large buildings, spacious squares, attractive shop-windows, and yet at the end of the street, the tundra, the arctic wasteland, begins. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 1 Oct. vii. 1/1 Bulky black boxes..were everywhere, rendering the thickly carpeted, spacious causeway all but impossible to navigate. c. Of a thing: capacious, roomy. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > roomy > capacious capable1594 wide-side1606 captiousa1616 generous1615 capacious1656 spacious1819 continent1856 1598 Meane in Spending in T. Tyro Roring Megge sig. F4 He is none of those that build vast kitchins, but cold: spatious ouens, but emptie: gaudie chimnies, but smokeles. 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. C4^v They had spent much in their Invention and Experiments, which was done in spacious Wind-Furnaces. 1715 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion (ed. 2) I. 181 Rich Presents sent from the Batavian Shore, Consisting of two spacious China Jars. 1789 J. Maxwell Temple Repaired 7 Here's a spacious cupboard in the wall, Where they have us'd to keep their wafers all. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II clx. 199 They furnish'd him..With a clean shirt, and very spacious breeches. 1857 J. Simpson Smiles & Tears 153 In the corner of the spacious cupboard..there is, amongst other things, a linen bag. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 10/1 (advt.) A spacious Master Oven that accommodates two 15-lb. turkeys at one time—provides extra capacity when you need it. 1993 R. Rao On Ganga Ghat v. 46 I took him about town in his large, spacious landau, made in London. 3. a. Of an immaterial thing: great, ample; extensive, far-reaching. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale largea1400 ample1437 farc1475 diffused?1570 spacious1589 extensive1605 wholesale1642 diffuse1644 extense1644 voluminousa1652 amplivagant1656 extentive1658 numerousa1661 extended1700 amplivagous1731 far-reaching1824 Homeric1841 large-scale1856 wholescale1910 wide-scale1925 big-scale1930 macroscopic1931 broadscale1958 1589 R. Greene Menaphon To Rdrs. sig. ** The spacious volubilitie of a drumming decasillabon. 1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme ii. sig. C^v It seemes..your credite [is] verie spacious here ith Citie. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. xviii. 92 They, being so mightie, and so popular, And their command so spacious as it was, Might..forget [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 72 You may Conuey your pleasures in a spacious plenty, And yet seeme cold. View more context for this quotation 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 280 Charitie was altogether charmed with these spatious consolations. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 41 Being a Type, a Sign,..bearing Analogy to the spatious Commonwealth of Writers. 1842 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 36 368 We strongly suspect a deep current of self-interest under the spacious flow of philanthropy. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 253 What a subject would that have been for a person of Mr. Masson's spacious predilections! 1919 Archit. Rev. Dec. 160/2 Momentous national enterprises that have achieved for their peoples a full and spacious reward. 2003 D. B. Hart Beauty of Infinite 8 The next term is ‘metaphysics,’ to which I shall delegate an equally spacious array of connotations. †b. That is what is specified to a great degree. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree greatc1300 no smalla1450 spacious1600 immense1631 far gone1829 strong1897 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor i. iii. sig. Diii Is't possible that such a spacious villaine Should liue and not be plagu'd? View more context for this quotation 4. Prolonged; occupying a considerable time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > protracting or drawing out > extended in duration tracting1535 prolonged1557 long-drawn1592 spaciousa1593 lengthened1597 protracted1598 stretched1609 producted1628 continuated1632 extended1737 long-drawn-out1752 drawn-out1824 spun1869 a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies (c1603) i. viii. sig. B Neuer giue a spatious time to ire. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 51 Vse a more spacious ceremonie to the Noble Lords..be more expressiue to them. View more context for this quotation 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A spacious time, een langen tijdt. 1856 Nytt svenskt och engelskt hand-lexikon 411/2 En l[ång]tid, a long time, a spàcious time. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xv. 251 Fielding lived..when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings. 1938 R. K. Narayan Dark Room iii. 29 They had a slow, spacious way of handling a story. 1997 All I want for Xmas in alt.sex.stories.moderated (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Dec. Immortal for the moment, her orgasm didn't start its decline for a wonderfully spacious time. 5. Bulky; voluminous; of large size. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky burlyc1400 bulkedc1420 massyc1540 bowerly1542 lumpish1545 big-bodied1561 massy?1571 spacious1595 voluminousa1635 grossy1648 bulkishc1660 bulky1687 bulksomea1693 material1715 bouksome1785 dinosaurian1916 dinosauric1922 1595 A. Hartwell tr. G. T. Minadoi Hist. Warres Turkes & Persians viii. 350 The commaundement of the Captaine was put in execution, and so their fore-front opened it selfe wyth verie large and spacious Cornets vpon the Prince. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica x. xxxii. 234 T'expresse such Graces as the Gods adore In Hellen, would a spacious Volume fill. 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 19 The comely, spacious Whale. 1731 I. Thomson Coll. of Poems i. 43 Here he beholds his spacious Oxen feed. 1849 Comic Almanack 66 (caption) Spacious Gentleman.—‘Will you have the kindness, young man, to measure me for a pair of those at 12s.?’ 1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 44 After sundry hustlings, from hurrying men, spacious lounging ladies and busy workmen. 1927 Time 13 June 13/3 No one really wants to put such a booming, spacious fellow as M. Daudet in jail. 6. Characterized by largeness, breadth, or comprehensiveness of views or sympathies. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective] unpossesseda1586 affectionless1595 respectless1598 unprejudicating1602 spacious1609 unprejudicate1609 unprejudicated1609 undifferencing?1624 unprepossessed1629 imprejudicate1640 unprejudiced1641 unprejudicial1641 unpreoccupated1641 unsuperstitious1652 moderate1654 unforestalled1657 unengaged1659 equipondious1661 uncaptivated1678 unbiased1686 unbigoted1711 Whiggish1715 open-minded1748 progressive1780 liberal1781 prejudiceless1830 broad1832 great-eyed1850 synoptic1852 undogmatic1857 undogmatical1863 superstitionless1879 race-blind1900 personless1932 verlig1968 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adjective] > of mind, operations: broad, deep, strong stronga1393 profounda1450 reachinga1500 ingenious1509 spacious1609 vast1610 vigorous1640 rugged1678 wide1717 broad1832 oceanica1834 in depth1959 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxv. sig. I Thou whose will is large and spatious. 1635 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure v. i They have souls more spacious than Kings. 1697 W. Molyneux in Locke's Lett. (1708) 214 Your chapter concerning the conduct of the understanding must needs be very sublime and spacious. 1773 T. Hull Prodigal Son i. 6 Within one narrow Bound confin'd, In one poor Path to move, Is Torture to the spacious Mind, That thro' a World would rove. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women vi, in Poems (new ed.) 123 Those melodious bursts, that fill The spacious times of great Elizabeth With sounds that echo still. 1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 307 In this eclogue he gives hints of that spacious style which was to distinguish him. 1894 Macmillan's Mag. June 160/2 Of the few great men I have known..Kossuth's [was] the most spacious nature. 1935 E. Waugh Edmund Campion ii. 62 A less spacious mind might have resented the decision. 1997 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 May (style section) c1 Both of them are capable of voicing the most spacious thoughts without talking down. †B. adv. Spaciously. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > with vast extent abroadc1300 largelya1398 widely1579 spaciously1598 broadly1599 amply?1611 heaven-wide?1611 spacious1615 extensively1736 extendedly1806 worldwide1836 vastily1844 amplitudinously1921 1615 W. Goddard Neaste of Waspes xxxii. sig. D^v This world is spacious wide. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 102 Let it speak The Makers high magnificence, who built So spacious . View more context for this quotation 1757 W. Thompson Sickness v, in Poems Several Occasions II. 295 While Vessels sail Spacious, along the fluid Element. 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