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capacious (adj.)
1610s, "able to contain," from Latin
capax
(genitive
capacis
) "able to take in," from
capere
"to take" (see
capable
) +
-ous
. Meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s. Related:
Capaciously
;
capaciousness
.
