Word of the Day

Monday, June 23, 2008

capacious

\kuh-PAY-shuhs\ , adjective;

Able to contain much; roomy; spacious.

Quotes:

Litter was picked up non stop during the week (mostly by that nice governor with the capacious pockets).

-- Faysal Mikdadi, "'Why shouldn't it be like this all the time?'", The Guardian, September 2, 2002

Out of those capacious receptacles he brought forth a small bottle of Scotch whiskey, a lemon, and some lump sugar.

-- Ellen M. Calder, "Personal Recollections of Walt Whitman", The Atlantic, June 1907

Is it worth pointing out that the boot seems remarkably capacious for a little car?

-- Giles Smith, "Er what's the sixth gear for?", The Guardian, January 8, 2002

Origin:

Capacious is derived from Latin capax, capac-, "able to hold or contain."