bigness
noun/ˈbɪɡnəs/UK
Etymology
From Middle English bignesse (“size”), equivalent to big + -ness.
Definitions
Size.
- His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet,[…]. When his head is growne out to the full bigneſſe, then he rubbeth of that pyll, and that is called fraying of his head.
- Mine old lord, whiles he liv'd, was so precise, / That he would take exceptions at my buttons, / And, being like pins' heads, blame me for the bigness; / Which made me curate-like in mine attire,
- And, fast by, hanging in a golden chain, / This pendent World, in bigness as a star / Of smallest magnitude close by the moon.
The characteristic of being big.
- It was big—and Babbitt respected bigness in anything; in mountains, jewels, muscles, wealth, or words.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bigness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA