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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48990)9/2/2005 3:31:32 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Word of the Day for Thursday September 1, 2005

capacious \kuh-PAY-shuhs\, adjective:
Able to contain much; roomy; spacious.

Litter was picked up non stop during the week (mostly by
that nice governor with the capacious pockets).
--Faysal Mikdadi, "'Why shouldn't it be like this all the
time?'" [1]The Guardian, September 2, 2002

Out of those capacious receptacles he brought forth a small
bottle of Scotch whiskey, a lemon, and some lump sugar.
--Ellen M. Calder, "Personal Recollections of Walt
Whitman," [2]The Atlantic, June 1907

Is it worth pointing out that the boot seems remarkably
capacious for a little car?
--Giles Smith, "Er, what's the sixth gear for?" [3]The
Guardian, January 8, 2002
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Capacious is derived from Latin capax, capac-, "able to hold
or contain."

Synonyms: ample, commodious, roomy, spacious, voluminous.
[4]Find more at Thesaurus.com.



To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48990)9/2/2005 3:48:24 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Idea Of The Day -

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast
that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Italian Author and Statesman



To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48990)9/4/2005 5:40:21 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Idea Of The Day -

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy
than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on
our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Voltaire (1694-1778)
French Historian and Writer