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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: spacieux, from Latin spatiosus, from spatium; SPACE1

spacious

 adjective
     
spa‧cious
a spacious house, room etc is large and has plenty of space to move around in [≠ cramped]:
a spacious living area
—spaciously adverb
—spaciousness noun [uncountable]
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