单词 | commodiousness |
释义 | commodiousnessn. 1. Convenience or suitability, esp. with reference to location, accessibility, or the amount of space provided. In later use simply: spaciousness, spacious comfort. Also in extended use: expansiveness; comprehensiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room > roominess roomthiness1556 commodiousness1562 spaciousness1587 amplitude1599 laxness1634 capaciousness1642 laxity1650 roomliness1744 roominess1755 uncrampedness1882 spaciness1885 the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] > specific with reference to size or accessibility commodiousness1562 1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. sig. E.iiiiv The prouince of Peloponesso is the chiefe parte of Gretia for the commodiousnes thereof [It. per la nobilita]. 1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iv. vii. 251 Through the commodiousnesse of its scituation..as lying but eighteene miles North from Oxford. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1731) I. 112 The Trade of a County arises from..the Commodiousness of Ports. 1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 29 Its Situation..and its Commodiousness for sheltring Ships from the Wind. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 487 The commodiousness and length of their canals are incredible. 1812 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) IX. 323 Adverting to the size and commodiousness of the buildings. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. ix. 150 Such commodiousness of situation. 1969 D. Wright Deafness (1990) v. 48 In contrast to the millimetre-pinching design of the German boat she was distinguished..by Edwardian commodiousness and elegance. 1978 PBS NewsHour (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 4 Dec. There's a commodiousness in democratic aspirations in America quite unparalleled anywhere else in the world. 2013 Spectator (Nexis) 27 July 54 His hotel is idyllic... But my mother and I have been going there for more years than can be explained by the commodiousness of the rooms, or the tranquillity of the location. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] commodityc1425 handsomeness1530 commodiousness1570 commodation1578 commodiosity1589 conveniency1603 dexterity1611 conveniency1612 conveniencea1616 commodement1653 commodationa1676 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig.aiiijv For commodiousnes, necessity, and auauntage. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxx. 250 The commodiousnes of this inuention caused all parts of Christendome to follow it. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid v. 342 A Barber knoweth the commodiousness of soft fingers at the touching of veins. 1671 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 5) ii. 405 An admirable commodiousness..to travel from London. 1732 J. Pullen Plan, Progress & Present State of South-Sea-Company 22 The French extreamly excel us in the commodiousness of their Fire-Arms in all respects. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones ii. vi. 202 Pearls have also physical Virtues exceeding the Commodiousness of Ornament. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. i. 4 Regions, that offered..every commodiousness of water. 1849 Economist 1 Sept. 984/2 The butchers of Paris, at first, violently opposed the establishment of the abattoirs; but now they are..convinced of their utility and commodiousness. 1922 Jrnl. Presbyterian Hist. Soc. 11 233 A compromise between the two tendencies [in celebrating the Lord's Supper], towards perfect symbolism on the one hand and commodiousness of administration on the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562 |
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