capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.
Where does the word capacious come from?
capacious (adj.)
1610s, "able to contain," from Latin capax (genitive capacis) "able to take in," from capere "to take" (from PIE root *kap- "to grasp") + -ous. The original English sense is obsolete; modern meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s.
How do you use capacious?
Capacious in a Sentence ?
- When Janet bought a capacious home, she was finally able to use all the furniture she had been keeping in storage.
- Len and Kelly traded in their small pickup truck for a capacious sedan that could hold their growing family.
