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capaciousness

capaciousness noun: the quality of being capacious.

Noun

capaciousness (usually uncountable, plural capaciousnesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being capacious.
    • 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...1818, George Crabb, English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order
    • 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.1909, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Is Shakespeare Dead?”, in What Is Man? And Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published May 1917, page 358

Forms of capaciousness

pluralcapaciousnesses

Origin of capaciousness

From capacious + -ness.

Questions about capaciousness

What does capaciousness mean?
Capaciousness means the quality of being capacious.
What part of speech is capaciousness?
Capaciousness is a noun.
What is the plural of capaciousness?
The plural of capaciousness is capaciousnesses.

Words near capaciousness in the dictionary

  1. capacifies
  2. capacify
  3. capacifying
  4. capacious
  5. capaciously
  6. capaciousness
  7. capaciousnesses
  8. capacitance
  9. capacitances
  10. capacitary
  11. capacitate

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