bigness

[ big-nis ]

/ ˈbɪg nɪs /

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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

In a way, they need to make the case that, as in the past, at some point bigness in and of itself is a curse.
What does breaking up Big Tech really mean?|James Surowiecki|June 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
This is a time of expanding bigness in the art world, of noise, of numbers, of uber-artists, mixed-media, mega-collectors.
Inside the Kabokovs' ‘Strange City’|Anthony Haden-Guest|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Railing against bigness is the easy part, as the Tea Party is now uncomfortably aware.
Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition|James Poulos|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
When he saw it and noted its bigness, he gave Alaeddin ten diners, which he took, and the Jew went his way.
Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp|John Payne
"It isn't the bigness, dear; its the variety," replied the girl.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz|L. Frank Baum
For, as natural philosophers, there is no bigness or littleness to you.
Lectures on Landscape|John Ruskin
I say you're a fool and need a guardian—and from now on I'm going to make my bigness aboard here!
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
It would be only a manly thing for him to think this out, and save her from the results of her own blessed bigness of heart.
Freckles|Gene Stratton-Porter