bigness

[big-nis]

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noun

the fact or condition of being large in size, extent, amount, etc.
Chiefly New England. size¹.

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Origin of bigness

First recorded in 1485–95; big¹ + -ness

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Related Words

immensity massiveness magnitude amplitude greatness enormity enormousness size hugeness

Examples from the Web for bigness

Contemporary Examples

The power of bigness corrupts by spreading the twisted logic of bigness.
Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition
James Poulos
October 21, 2013
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, we might now understand that bigness works in a similar way.
Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition
James Poulos
October 21, 2013
The Liebeck jury intuited that the only way to punish this logic of bigness was to partake of it.
Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition
James Poulos
October 21, 2013
The bigness, as evident in the Penguin Random House merger, has reached obscene proportions.
5 Ways to Fix Book Publishing
Anis Shivani
July 12, 2013
Bigness is the bane of any creative or responsive activity, and publishing is no exception.
5 Ways to Fix Book Publishing
Anis Shivani
July 12, 2013

Historical Examples

Now the bigness only emphasized the dreariness and desolation.
Thankful's Inheritance
Joseph C. Lincoln
The richness of the world was crowding on him, the bigness of it, the dangers.
The Prisoner
Alice Brown
But far more than that, there was a sort of bigness about him.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Paul Jones.
He had come, full, full to trembling—with the bigness of his news.
Chance
Joseph Conrad
And the mere weight of this bigness is an added disadvantage.
Notes on Life and Letters
Joseph Conrad

Word Origin and History for bigness

n.

late 15c., from big + -ness.

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