3 October 2015

capacious

[kuh-pey-shuh s]

adjective

1. capable of holding much; spacious or roomy:
a capacious storage bin.

Origin of capacious

1605-1615; capaci(ty) + -ous

Related forms

capaciously, adverb
capaciousness, noun
uncapacious, adjective
uncapaciously, adverb
uncapaciousness, noun

Synonyms

ample, large.

Antonyms
confining.

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Examples from the Web for capacious

Contemporary Examples

As we were getting ready to repair to his capacious table, we were joined by Claude Lanzmann, the maker of the film Shoah.
My Moments With Ariel Sharon
Seth Lipsky
January 10, 2014

Yet I doubt that she will become a capacious judge with wide-ranging interests and intense curiosity.
Elena Kagan’s Surprise Defender
Richard A. Epstein
May 10, 2010

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Today’s quote

If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

– St Francis of Assissi

On this day

3 October 1226 – death of St Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and founder of the men’s Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St Clare and the Third Order of St Francis. Although these are all Catholic Orders, he was never ordained as a Catholic priest. Born 26 September 1181.

3 October 1925 – birthday of Gore Vidal, American author, playwright, essayist and political activist.