commodious
[kuh-moh-dee-uh s]
- spacious and convenient; roomy: a commodious apartment.
- ample or adequate for a particular purpose: a commodious harbor.
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Origin of commodious
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Contemporary Examples
Although none of these issues are burrowed into, they scroll by in manner that is commodious and vivid.
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Historical Examples
You must know that the Widow Dufeu was not a commodious person.
The Fte At CoquevilleEmile Zola
Evidently this had been a big, commodious and comfortable house in its day.
Thankful's InheritanceJoseph C. Lincoln
She is most commodious; the cabins are much larger than is usual in a vessel of this size.
Six Letters From the ColoniesRobert Seaton
This was large and commodious, divided by hangings into two or three compartments.
At Aboukir and AcreGeorge Alfred Henty
A commodious residence was there available, and in it he settled with his family.
Great AstronomersR. S. Ball
commodious
- (of buildings, rooms, etc) large and roomy; spacious
- archaic suitable; convenient
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Word Origin
C15: from Medieval Latin commodiōsus, from Latin commodus convenient, from com- with + modus measure
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Word Origin and History for commodious
adj.
early 15c., "beneficial, convenient," from Medieval Latin commodiosus "convenient, useful," from Latin commodus (see commode). Meaning "roomy, spacious" first attested 1550s. Related: Commodiously; commodiousness.
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