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commodious

Postby Bailey » Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:35 pm

com·mo·di·ous (k-md-s)
adj.
1. Spacious; roomy. See Synonyms at spacious.
2. Archaic Suitable; handy.



[Middle English, convenient, from Medieval Latin commodisus, from Latin commodus : com-, com- + modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots.]



com·modi·ous·ly adv.
com·modi·ous·ness n.

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Postby Slava » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:04 pm

The negative of this one's been done twice, so perhaps the positive is no longer in need of treatment.

However, to make a feeble stab at a play on words:

commodorous - when your bathroom smells too much like a locker room.
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