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Webster 1913 Edition

Commodious

Com-mo′di-ous

,
Adj.
[LL.
commodiosus
, fr. L.
commodum
convenience, fr.
commodus
. See
Commode
.]
Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable;
as, a
commodious
house
.
“A commodious drab.”
Shak.
“Commodious gold.”
Pope.
Syn. – Convenient; suitable; fit; proper; advantageous; serviceable; useful; spacious; comfortable.

Webster 1828 Edition

Commodious

COMMODIOUS

,
Adj.
Convenient; suitable; fit; proper; adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; as a commodious house or room.
The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts 27:12.
It is followed by for before a noun; as a place commodious for a camp.

Definition 2024

commodious

commodious

English

Adjective

commodious ‎(comparative more commodious, superlative most commodious)

  1. Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
    Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.
    • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times
      The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall.
  2. Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; suitable.

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References

  • commodious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

First attested in 1423. From Latin commodiōsus, from commodus.

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