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Oct 27, 2020
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with Anu Gargcapacious
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-PAY-shuhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Having a lot of space; roomy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin capax, from capere (to take). Ultimately from the Indo-European
root kap- (to grasp), which also gave us captive, capsule, capable, capture,
cable, chassis, occupy, and deceive. Earliest documented use: 1614.
USAGE:
“[Trump’s] capacious definition of sucker includes those who lose their
lives in service to their country, as well as those who are taken
prisoner, or are wounded in battle.” Jeffrey Goldberg; Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’; The Atlantic; Sep 3, 2020. See more usage examples of capacious in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have
that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use. -Emily
Post, author and columnist (27 Oct 1872-1960)
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