Obs. rare. Also 7 spat-. [ad. F. spaciosité (also † spatiosité, = It. spaziosità, Sp. espaciosidad) or late L. spatiōsitas, f. spatiōsus SPACIOUS a.] a. A hollow or cavity. b. Spaciousness; extensiveness.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg., L iv b. In depe woundes that haue nede to be serched for the lycour that assembleth in the botome of the spaciosite.
1620. Shelton, Quix., II. IV. xvi. 204. That you may behold … the Knitting of the Muscles, and the Spaciosity and Breadth of the Veins.
1694. R. Burthogge, Reason, v. § 1. 108. Of spatiosity or extension … I shall have occasion to discourse hereafter, when I come to speak of quantity.
