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largeness

/ˈlɑːdʒnɪs/LAHRJ-nis
/ˈlɑɹdʒnɪs/LAHRJ-nis

Meaningbeing large

Common meaning: great size

Journey through time

  1. Latinlargus‘large, long’source
  2. Frenchlargesource
  3. Middle Englishlargesource
  4. Englishlarge‘big’
  5. Englishformed in English from largelargeness‘great size’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from large + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), LARGE, p.322 · scan

Source words

  • largus Latin · source word “large, long”

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