commonious
UK/kəˈməʊnɪ.əs/US/kəˈmoʊni.əs/
commonious adjective: commodious.
Adjective
commonious (comparative more commonious, superlative most commonious)
- Commodious.
- INNS of COURT FAMILY HOTEL, High Holborn and Lincoln's-inn-fields, London, W.O. Central, quiet, commonious. Situation unsurpassed. Dining and sitting rooms overlook beautiful gardens. Hydraulic lifts. Wedding breakfasts, &c. Table d'hôte.1881 October 29, The Times, number 30338, London, page 2
- Thus has grown by degrees, out of the humble two-roomed domicile of the medieval celibate priest, the commonious dwelling-house of the modern family-man Vicar, the type of an English home, the centre of the energizing activity of an English Parish.1892, J. Cave-Browne, The History of Boxley Parish, page 105
Forms of commonious
| comparative | more commonious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most commonious |
Origin of commonious
Likely from a misconstruction of commodious, under influence from other Latinate adjectives ending -onious; compare melonious.
Words that rhyme with commonious
- ceremonious
- melonious
- harmonious
- parsimonious
- acrimonious
- felonious
- inharmonious
- sanctimonious
- agonious
- disharmonious
- euphonious
- nonius
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Questions about commonious
- What does commonious mean?
- Commonious means commodious.
- What part of speech is commonious?
- Commonious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce commonious?
- Commonious is pronounced /kəˈməʊnɪ.əs/ (UK).
Words near commonious in the dictionary
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