The following usage of capacious had me reaching for my dictionary:
It [Music Hall] was a most capacious form of performance - people would come up and perform a turn... acting, comedy, song...
I like the idea of free space it conveys!
It also makes me think of one favourite books - Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters. This is a wonderful tale of closeted Victorian society. I love the lesbian and gay characters, it is shocking in parts and deeply romantic too.
capacious |kəˈpā sh əs|
adjective
having a lot of space inside; roomy : she rummaged in her capacious handbag.
DERIVATIVES
capaciously |kəˈpeɪʃəsli| adverb
capaciousness |kəˈpeɪʃəsnəs| noun
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin capax, capac- ‘capable’ + -ious .
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