Meanings
comparative more roomsome · superlative most roomsome
- archaicCharacterised or marked by room or roominess; spacious.
He noted with delight that the house was “not onely capable and roomsome, but very magnificent and commodious, as well within as without, nor lesse splendidly furnish'd.
1671 October 25 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 16 October 1671]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC
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