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spacious, a.|ˈspeɪʃəs|
Also 4–5 spaciouse, 5 -yous, 6–7 spatious.
[ad. L. spatiōsus (med.L. spaciōsus), f. spatium space n.1, or OF. spacios, spacieux (F. spacieux, = It. spazioso, Sp. and Pg. espacioso).]
1. Of lands, etc.: Of vast, large, or indefinite superficial extent or area; wide, widely extended, extensive.
1382Wyclif Isaiah xxii. 18 He shal sende thee in to a brod lond and spacious. Ibid. xxviii. 2 Sent out vp on the spaciouse erthe. 1480Caxton Myrr. iii. xx. 179 The firmamente..is so spacyous, so noble and so large. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. i. 20 But faire before the gate a spatious plaine, Mantled with greene, it selfe did spredden wyde. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. i. v, That's a large lye, as vast as spatious hell. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 571 Commend the large Excess Of spacious Vineyards; cultivate the less. 1748Gray Alliance 22 This spacious animated scene survey. 1784Cowper Task i. 164 Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads. 1884Marshall's Tennis Cuts 171 The spacious grounds were looking lovely.
transf. and fig.1602Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 90 He hath much Land, and fertile;..'tis a Chowgh; but as I saw spacious in the possession of dirt. 1606― Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 261 Thy wisdome, Which..confines Thy spacious and dilated parts. 1821Shelley Adonais xlvii, Dart thy spirit's light.., until its spacious might Satiate the void circumference.
b. Covering a considerable distance.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 242 It is better to qualifie their rage in long and spacious direct journies then in often windings and turnings. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 226 Mettled horses are best knowne by a spacious race. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. iv. 162 And when this spatious Course is run, She to the outmost Sphere doth come.
†c. Wide-spread; widely spoken. Obs.
c1645Howell Lett. ii. lvi. (1892) 463 The High-Dutch or Teutonic Tongue is one of the prime and most spacious maternal Languages of Europe. Ibid. lx. 477 The most spacious Dialect of the Hebrew is the Syriac.
2. Of dwellings, rooms, etc.: Having or affording ample space or room; large, roomy, commodious.
1382Wyclif Jer. xxii. 14, I shal bilde vp to me a large hous, and spacious souping places. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xv. §3 The former buildings which were but of mean and small estate contented them not, spacious and ample churches they erected throughout every city. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 294* King Stephen erected a spacious Castle. 1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., A spacious Building... A spacious Room. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1851) II. 587/1 [He] hid himself in a spacious cave there. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xlii, They presently entered a spacious and ancient chamber. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. v. 26 Though it was summer.., the log burnt on the spacious hearth. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 117 Spacious barracks were severally appropriated to the use of the European and native troops. 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am vii, The drawing-room was a spacious and lofty room.
b. Similarly of roads, streets, courts, etc.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. ii. i. 114 The Forrest walkes are wide and spacious. 1607Dekker Knt.'s Conjur. (1842) 22 The wayes are delicate, euen, spatious, and very faire. 1673Ray Journ. Low C. 21 Middleburgh is the capital City of Zealand,..having spatious Streets. 1767Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. II. xlvi. 33 The court leading into it is very spacious. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 155 The streets are spacious and regular. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 18 The spacious outer court was crowded with men and women.
c. quasi-adv. Spaciously.
1667Milton P.L. viii. 102 Let it speak The Makers high magnificence, who built So spacious.
3. Of things: Presenting, having, or covering a comparatively wide surface; large, ample, expansive.
1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 743 Where this spatious Grauestone lies couched. 1663Butler Hud. i. iii. 1303 Or that his snout and spacious Ears Do hold proportion with a Bear's. 1727Swift Market Hill Thorn Wks. 1755 IV. i. 87 There stood..A spacious thorn before the gate. 1819Shelley Peter Bell 3rd iv. xv, Then Peter..smoothed his spacious forehead down With his broad palm. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre i, Thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities.
b. Of large size; bulky.
1655Vaughan Silex Scint. ii. 153 The comely, spacious whale. 1867F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 44 After sundry hustlings, from hurrying men, spacious lounging ladies and busy workmen.
c. Roomy, capacious.
1819Byron Juan ii. clx, They furnish'd him..With a clean shirt, and very spacious breeches.
4. Great, extensive, ample.
1595–7Daniel Civ. Wars iv. xviii, They, being so mightie, and so popular, And their command so spacious as it was, Might..forget [etc.]. 1605Shakes. Macb. iv. iii. 71 You may Conuey your pleasures in a spacious plenty, And yet seeme cold. 1607Middleton Michaelmas Term ii. i. 101 It seems..your credit [is] very spacious here i' th' city. 1651tr. De-las-Coveras' Don Fenise 280 Charitie was altogether charmed with these spatious consolations. 1704Swift Tale Tub Introd., Being a type, a sign,..bearing analogy to the spacious Commonwealth of writers. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 253 What a subject would that have been for a person of Mr. Masson's spacious predilections!
†b. That is such on a large scale. Obs.—1
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. i. iii, Is't possible that such a spacious villaine should live, and not be plagu'd?
5. Characterized by greatness, breadth, or comprehensiveness of views or sympathies.
c1600Shakes. Sonn. cxxxv, Thou whose will is large and spatious. 1635Shirley Lady of Pleasure v. i, They have souls more spacious than Kings. 1697W. Molyneux in Locke's Lett. (1708) 214 Your chapter concerning the conduct of the understanding must needs be very sublime and spacious. 1833Tennyson Dream Fair Women ii, Those melodious bursts that fill The spacious times of great Elizabeth With sounds that echo still. 1875Lowell Spenser Prose Wks. 1890 IV. 307 In this eclogue he gives hints of that spacious style which was to distinguish him. 1894Macm. Mag. June 160/2 Of the few great men I have known..Kossuth's [was] the most spacious nature.
6. Prolonged; occupying a considerable time.
1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 254 Neglecting the maine bulk of all that spacious antiquity, which might stunne children, but not men. 1647Hexham i, A spacious time, een langen tijdt. |
