spaciosity
spaciosity noun: the property of being spacious.
Noun
spaciosity (uncountable)
- The property of being spacious.
- Hold Lady the hand, or as I may better ſay, the executioner of earthly miſcreants: hold I ſay that hand, which no other woman euer touched before, not euen ſhee her ſelfe that hath intyre poſſeſſion of my whole body, nor doe I giue it to you, to the end you ſhould kiſſe it; but that you may behold...1612, [Miguel de Cervantes], “Wherin Is Recounted the History of the Lackey, with Other Strange Aduentures Befalne in the Inne”, in Thomas Shelton, transl., The History of the Valorous and Wittie...
- They know no more what that is in it ſelf, that is extended, than what that is, that is Cogitative; and may be as ſure, that they do think, as they are, that they are ſpacious, ay, they cannot know that they are ſpacious, but by thinking. But of ſpatioſity or extenſion, (the Accident that...1694, Richard Burthogge, “The Idea or Notion of Substance. […]”, in An Essay upon Reason, and the Nature of Spirits, London: […] John Dunton […], →OCLC, chapter V (Of Substance), page 108
- Synonyms:
- spaciousness
Synonyms of spaciosity
Origin of spaciosity
From Latin spatiōsitās, modified after spacious; compare Middle English spaciosite, spaciositee, Middle French spaciosite (“hollow space or cavity”), and modern French spaciosité (“spaciousness, extensiveness”, 1842).
Questions about spaciosity
- What does spaciosity mean?
- Spaciosity means the property of being spacious.
- What part of speech is spaciosity?
- Spaciosity is a noun.
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