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English
Etymology
From spatious + -ness.
Noun
spatiousness (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of spaciousness.
1657, “Annotations on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel”, in , compiler, The Second Volume of Annotations upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament: , 3rd edition, London: Evan Tyler, →OCLC, chapter xl, verse 23, signature F2, recto, column 1:The North Flat, or floor or little court, was of the ſame ſpatiouſneſs with that of the Eaſt.
1670, Alonso Geronimo de Salas Barbadillo, translated by Philip Ayres, “He Relates the Life which He Lead Being a Judg, and Afterwards, a Pretendient in the Court for an Imployment”, in The Fortunate Fool. , London: Moses Pitt , →OCLC, page 200:Now, although his abſence from the Court was not intended for any long time, yet the ſpatiouſneſs and pleaſantneſs of the Situation , the flattery and delights of thoſe green trees, and the bubling of the Fountains ſo much delighted him, that made his ſtay the longer;
1671, Edward Chamberlayne, “Of the Colledge of Heralds”, in The Second Part of the Present State of England: , 3rd edition, London: T N for J Martyn, , →OCLC, page 289:Moreover, Strangers and Forrigners may take notice of the extraordinary commodiouſneſs, conveniency and ſituation of the preſent Royal Palace, and uſual place of Reſidence of our Kings, called White-hall, belonging heretofore to Cardinal Woolſey, ſeated between a noble Navigable River, and a moſt delectable Park; of the great Chamber there, called the Banqueting-Houſe, the like whereof for ſpatiouſneſs, Beauty, Peinture, and exact proportion, no King in Europe can parallel;