Spatious

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of spacious. alt-of, obsolete

    "That Caſtle was moſt goodly edifyde, / And plaſte for pleaſure nigh that forreſt ſyde: / But faire before the gate a ſpatious playne, / Mantled with greene, it ſelfe did ſpredden wyde, / On which ſhe ſaw ſix knights, that did darrayne / Fiers battaill againſt one, with cruel might and mayne."

Example

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"That Caſtle was moſt goodly edifyde, / And plaſte for pleaſure nigh that forreſt ſyde: / But faire before the gate a ſpatious playne, / Mantled with greene, it ſelfe did ſpredden wyde, / On which ſhe ſaw ſix knights, that did darrayne / Fiers battaill againſt one, with cruel might and mayne."

Etymology

From Latin spatiōsus.

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