commodiousの意味・使い方・発音

commodious

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commodious: commodious: [15] Latin commodus meant ‘convenient’. It was a compound adjective formed from com- ‘with’ and modus ‘measure’, and thus meaning literally ‘conforming with due measure’. From it was derived the medieval Latin adjective commodiōsus, which passed, probably via French commodieux, into English. This originally meant ‘advantageous, useful, convenient’, and it was not really until the 16th century that it developed the meaning ‘affording a conveniently large amount of space’.

The noun derivative commodity entered English in the 14th century, and from earliest times had the concrete meaning ‘article of commerce’, deriving from the more general sense ‘something useful’. Commodus was borrowed into French as commode ‘convenient’, which came to be used as a noun meaning both ‘tall headdress for women’ and ‘chest of drawers’. English adopted the word in the 17th century, and in the 19th century added the new sense ‘chair housing a chamber pot’ (a semantic development paralleling the euphemistic use of convenience for lavatory).
=> commode, commodity
commodious (adj.): early 15c., "beneficial, convenient," from Medieval Latin commodiosus "convenient, useful," from Latin commodus (see commode). Meaning "roomy, spacious" first attested 1550s. Related: Commodiously; commodiousness.

3.It was a commodious and a diverting life.

自由で目を楽しませてくれる生活です。

4.Instead，a comparatively large and commodious chamber with conveniences not enjoyed by the small fry overhead.: 上の階の竜頭のような無名の人が享受できない便利な施設を備えた広い化粧室に着替えた。

5.Their habitation was not merely respectable and commodious ，but even dignified and imposing.: 彼らの住まいは広くて快適で尊厳があり立派である。