Meaning of Capaciousness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being capacious.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Capacity is the abstract of capax, receiving or apt to hold⟳ ; it is therefore applied to the contents of hollow bodies : capaciousness is the abstract of capacious and is therefore applied to the plane surface comprehended within a given space. hence we speak⟳ of the capacity of a vessel; and the capaciousness of a room.”

“The author of the Plays was equipped, beyond every other man of his time, with wisdom, erudition, imagination, capaciousness of mind⟳, grace, and majesty of expression.”

CEFR level