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commodious

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com⋅mo⋅di⋅ous

  [kuh-moh-dee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. spacious and convenient; roomy: a commodious apartment.
2. ample or adequate for a particular purpose: a commodious harbor.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML commodiōsus, equiv. to L commodi(tās) convenience (see commodity ) + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
com⋅mo⋅di⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
com⋅mo⋅di⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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com·mo·di·ous   (kə-mō'dē-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Spacious; roomy. See Synonyms at spacious.

  2. Archaic Suitable; handy.


[Middle English, convenient, from Medieval Latin commodiōsus, from Latin commodus : com-, com- + modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
com·mo'di·ous·ly adv., com·mo'di·ous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

commodious 
1423, "beneficial, convenient," from M.L. commodiosus "convenient, useful," from L. commodus (see commode). Meaning "roomy, spacious" first attested 1533.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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