capaciousadj.

Brit.

/kəˈpeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/kəˈpeɪʃəs/

Etymology: < Latin capāci- (see capace adj.) + -ous suffix: see -acious suffix.

†1. Of such size as to take in or hold; able to contain; having the capacity of or to (with infinitive).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > containing or having within > [adjective] > able to hold or contain

capable1571

capacious1614

continent1856

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §9. 112 The Arke..was sufficiently capacious to containe of all.

a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iii. ii. 70 There cannot bee roome in one lovers hart Capatious enough to entertaine Such multitudes of pleasure.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 142 in Poems What Breast but thine capacious to receive The vast infusion?

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 154 A spacious harbour capacious of many thousand sail.

1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination ii. 244 Is thy short span Capacious of this universal frame?

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 232 A range of..china jars, each capacious of, at least, twenty gallons.

2. Able to hold much; roomy, spacious, wide.

ΘΚΠ

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

capable1594

wide-side1606

captiousa1616

generous1615

capacious1656

spacious1819

continent1856

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxix. 363 Nature has bestowed upon them wide and capacious Ears.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 67 The Lutherans have..a mighty congregation, and a capacious church.

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 14 The importunity of such craving and capacious Appetites.

1700 L. Maidwell in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 311 He will erect a capacious Auditorium.

1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 139 The capacious soul of Shakspeare.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 85 A pair of capacious shoes.

1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. ii. 64 There is no animal whose memory is equally capacious with that of man.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 202 Capacious quays.

3. Qualified, adapted or disposed for the reception of. archaic. †Of capacity or qualified to do something (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > for, of, or to do something

avenantc1400

habile1558

well1611

capacitated1669

capacious1677

susceptible1829

facultied1862

the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > able to receive or be affected by

capable1590

capacious1677

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 450 The more capacious he is to order al means and affaires in subservience to his end and designe.

1692 J. Dennis Poems in Burlesque 20 The girl began To grow capacious of a Man.

1709 Brit. Apollo 30 Mar.–1 Apr. Each Human Soul Capacious is to learn All Arts.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 330 For the future sails Supply'd the cloth, capacious of the gales.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiii. 201 Then posts, capacious of the frame, I raise.

1828–40 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula (Rtldg.) I. vii. i. 328 A mind capacious of warlike affairs.

1850 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets ccxliii Their eyes capacious of renown.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	capacious
释义	capaciousadj. Brit. /kəˈpeɪʃəs/, U.S. /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ Etymology: < Latin capāci- (see capace adj.) + -ous suffix: see -acious suffix. †1. Of such size as to take in or hold; able to contain; having the capacity of or to (with infinitive). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > containing or having within > [adjective] > able to hold or contain capable1571 capacious1614 continent1856 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. vii. §9. 112 The Arke..was sufficiently capacious to containe of all. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iii. ii. 70 There cannot bee roome in one lovers hart Capatious enough to entertaine Such multitudes of pleasure. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 142 in Poems What Breast but thine capacious to receive The vast infusion? a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 154 A spacious harbour capacious of many thousand sail. 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination ii. 244 Is thy short span Capacious of this universal frame? 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 232 A range of..china jars, each capacious of, at least, twenty gallons. 2. Able to hold much; roomy, spacious, wide. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > roomy > capacious capable1594 wide-side1606 captiousa1616 generous1615 capacious1656 spacious1819 continent1856 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxix. 363 Nature has bestowed upon them wide and capacious Ears. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 67 The Lutherans have..a mighty congregation, and a capacious church. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 14 The importunity of such craving and capacious Appetites. 1700 L. Maidwell in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 311 He will erect a capacious Auditorium. 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 139 The capacious soul of Shakspeare. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 85 A pair of capacious shoes. 1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. ii. 64 There is no animal whose memory is equally capacious with that of man. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 202 Capacious quays. 3. Qualified, adapted or disposed for the reception of. archaic. †Of capacity or qualified to do something (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > for, of, or to do something avenantc1400 habile1558 well1611 capacitated1669 capacious1677 susceptible1829 facultied1862 the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > able to receive or be affected by capable1590 capacious1677 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 450 The more capacious he is to order al means and affaires in subservience to his end and designe. 1692 J. Dennis Poems in Burlesque 20 The girl began To grow capacious of a Man. 1709 Brit. Apollo 30 Mar.–1 Apr. Each Human Soul Capacious is to learn All Arts. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 330 For the future sails Supply'd the cloth, capacious of the gales. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiii. 201 Then posts, capacious of the frame, I raise. 1828–40 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula (Rtldg.) I. vii. i. 328 A mind capacious of warlike affairs. 1850 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets ccxliii Their eyes capacious of renown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1614
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