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bigness
/ˈbɪɡnəs/
noun 2
Collocations
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Definitions
noun
1
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,
2
The characteristic of being big.
It was big—and Babbitt respected bigness in anything; in mountains, jewels, muscles, wealth, or words.
They liked what they liked—would tolerate no innovations. My change in thought and expression had angered them into fierce denouncement. To expose a thing deeper than its skin surface was to them an indecency. They ridiculed my striving for bigness, depth.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the property of having a relatively great size
Antonyms
- smallness
- littleness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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 c
Wiktionary02
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,
Wiktionary03
And, fast by, hanging in a golden chain, / This pendent World, in bigness as a star / Of smallest magnitude close by the moon.
Wiktionary04
Amidship of the boat was a box or chest about the bigness of a middle-sized traveling trunk, but covered all over with cakes of sand and dirt.
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