largenessn.

Brit.

/ˈlɑːdʒnəs/, U.S.

/ˈlɑrdʒnəs/

Forms: see large adj., adv., and n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: large adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < large adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier largesse n.

a. The quality of not being circumscribed or limited in scope, range, or capacity; wide-ranging quality; breadth of spirit or mind. Opposed to narrowness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > breadth, depth, strength of intellect

strengthOE

largenessa1382

profoundnessc1475

breadth1532

profundity1559

amplitude1575

deptha1593

powerfulnessc1595

universality1605

fathoma1616

spaciousness1657

comprehensiveness1683

grasp1683

altitudo1933

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings iv. 29 God forsoþe ȝaf wisdam to Salamon and myche prudence.., and largenesse of herte [L. latitudinem cordis].

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Psalms cxvii. 5 Of tribulacioun Y inwardli clepide the Lord; and the Lord herde me in largenesse [a1382 E.V. in breede; L. in latitudine].

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 78 This man [sc. Justinianus Secundus] with his wisdam and largenes encresed þe empire, and broute it to mech worchip.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Cv^v If any worde be vsed that hath a double meanyng, restrayne the largenesse therof, and declare how yow wil haue it taken.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxii, in Wks. (1662) 59 When Mary to testifie the largeness of her affection, seemed to waste away a gift upon him.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvii. 344 Some Men of that Strength of Judgment, and Largeness of Comprehension, that [etc].

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables viii. 8 If the Largeness of his Heart shall carry him beyond the Line of Necessary Prudence.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 589 A man of his temper, and of his largeness in point of opinion.

1799 W. Godwin St. Leon I. iv. 108 Thus we..acquired a largeness of conception and liberality of judgment.

1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. iii. 67 One who..in the largeness of his love would send none empty away.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 492 A man..distinguished..by the largeness of his views and by his superiority to vulgar prejudices.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §1. 456 The largeness of temper which characterized all the nobler minds of his day.

1920 J. C. Snaith Adventurous Lady xxx. 242 For all his balance of mind and his largeness of view he could not escape a sense of chagrin.

1948 R. G. B. Gorell John Keats v. 109 There was a largeness of heart as there was a largeness of intellect about both: there was nothing small or petty about either.

2005 N.Y. Mag. 1 Aug. 18/2 Instead of Schadenfreude, the..emotion we should feel..is..a hopeful largeness of spirit.

b. Breadth of artistic treatment or style; expansiveness, lack of restraint.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally

decoruma1568

humoura1568

variety1597

strength1608

uniformity1625

barbarity1644

freedom1645

boldness1677

correctness1684

clinquant1711

unity1712

contrast1713

meretriciousness1727

airiness1734

pathos1739

chastity1760

vigour1774

prettyism1789

mannerism1803

serio-comic1805

actuality1812

largeness1824

local colour1829

subjectivitya1834

idealism1841

pastoralism1842

inartisticalitya1849

academicism1852

realism1856

colour contrast1858

crampedness1858

niggling1858

audacity1859

superreality1859

literalism1860

pseudo-classicism1861

sensationalism1862

sensationism1862

chocolate box1865

pseudo-classicality1867

academism1871

actualism1872

academicalism1874

ethos1875

terribilità1877

local colouring1881

neoclassicism1893

mass effect1902

attack1905

verismo1908

kitsch1921

abstraction1923

self-consciousness1932

surreality1936

tension1941

build-up1942

sprezzatura1957

1824 Somerset House Gaz. 7 Feb. 275/1 The rare acquirements of this painter [sc. Edwin Landseer].., the largeness of style which he was approximating.

1885 Manch. Examiner 21 May 5/4 A frequent largeness of phrase, with quaintness of response.

1908 Internat. Studio Oct. 271/2 Whatever the mood may be, whatever the forms of nature which are reproduced, in all cases there is apparent a certain largeness of artistic vision.

1947 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Brit. Painters ix. 116 Fuseli certainly derived more from Michelangelo than others of our British painters.., more of that largeness of treatment and noble simplicity that lifts us out of and above common nature.

1999 D. Cairns Berlioz II. x. 248 The music's largeness of style anticipates the third song.

†2. Liberality, generosity; bounty; prodigality. Also as a personification. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality

freedomOE

custinessOE

largesse?c1225

freeshipa1250

franchisec1325

largitya1382

largenessa1387

liberalityc1390

bountya1400

honestya1400

freenessc1400

largec1400

liberalnessc1410

munificencec1425

plentyc1425

bounteousnessc1440

magnificencec1450

bountifulness1489

bountines1512

royalty1548

magnificency?c1550

munificency?c1550

free-heartedness1583

profuseness1584

bountihead1590

lavishness1590

frankness1591

ingenuousness1611

fruitfulnessa1616

generosity1634

open-handednessa1640

large-heartedness1640

communicativeness1653

unsparingness1818

free-handedness1860

big-heartedness1872

ungrudgingness1885

two-handedness1891

outgivingness1968

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 221 (MED) Cato was greet in clennes of lyf, and Iulius in largenesse of ȝiftes [L. magnificentia].

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. l. 632 (MED) Largenesse þe lady heo let in ful manye.

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 64 Quod largenes in almesse dede.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3404 Syn it lokid has þe largenes of þe lord of heuen, Þat me þis diademe of Dary demed is & graunted.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 103 Luve makis wrechis full of lergenes.

a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 362/1 The grace, which is geuen of the largenes of God.

1605 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales (rev. ed.) i. xi. 21 That Germanicus had purchased the souldiers fauour by largenesse.

a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI. Serm. (1661) vii. 436 His largenesse or bounty, as it were..the casting abroad of His new coine.

1627 J. Donne Serm. Lady Danuers 155 Alacrity married with a Thoughtfulnesse, and Largenesse married with a Providence.

a1700 C. Ellis Rest for Heavy-laden (1756) ii. i. 155 All this Largeness and Bounty..will nothing of all this move us?

a. Size, extent (without the implication of great magnitude).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun]

prickOE

degreec1380

greec1386

largenessa1398

rate1523

size1534

pitcha1568

pin1584

scantling1586

intension1604

assize1625

proportion1641

process1655

to a certain extent1671

intensity1794

level1897

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. iv. 455 Celum imperium..is in largenesse [L. amplitudine] fro þe middel poynt of þe worlde.

1448 Will of Henry VI in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 370 (MED) Ouer the said librarie an hows of the same largenesse.

1522–3 Acts 14 & 15 Henry VIII (?1523) c.6. sig. bvi^v One other waye..of as great largenesse in bredeth or larger: than the sayd olde way.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 314 Then wrapt the body round In largenesse of a fine white sheete.

a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) I. 2 Other sheres in Wales of farre more lardgnes.

1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. i. iii. 389 Glasgow; which in respect of Largeness, Buildings, Trade, and Wealth, is the chief City in the Kingdom next to Edinburgh.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 9 Each Hook about the largeness of six Scythes.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. x. 458 They were similar, in the largeness of their joints, and in the likeness of their hair.

1892 Ld. Kelvin Presidential Addr. Royal Soc. 30 Nov. The largeness of the solar semi-diurnal..constituents found by the harmonic analysis.

1939 Mind 48 136 If instances of largeness and that of which they are instances are alike considered and compared in respect of largeness, an infinite regress is at once set on foot.

2005 B. G. Mirkin Clustering for Data Mining v. 140 The sum of squared residuals criterion can be used in the context of data mining as a clear cut measure of the largeness of the residuals.

b. Of a material thing: great size, volume, or bulk; massiveness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun]

micklenesseOE

muchnessa1398

largenessa1400

magnitude?a1425

meta1425

bignessc1487

greatnessc1500

muchity1534

magnity1790

stourness1866

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > vast extent

widenessc1225

largenessa1400

ampleness1509

breadth1532

spaciousness1587

vastness1602

vastity1603

vastiditya1616

spaciosity1620

vastitude1623

latitude1650

immensity1797

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 7024 Hym was shewed a paleys..Myȝte no man ayme þe largenesse [Fr. grandur] Ne tunge telle þe feyrnesse.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 68 For all þe largenes of lenth at he luke myȝt, Slik was þe multitude of mast..Þat..a hare wod it semyd.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 85 The bones of a great..man,..among the which bones, the huckle bone..was of such largenesse, as..did declare the man to be .xiiii. foote.

1653 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. 7 Nov. in Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) I. 111 By reason of the largenes, and roughnes of the water.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B6 Their motion is slow, by reason of their largenesse.

1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. xix. 146 The Largeness of the Assembly made the Sphere of Lady Palestine's Care and Attention very extensive.

1850 Eclectic Rev. Mar. 273 Galileo began to reveal the largeness of the universe—Newton concerned himself more with its laws.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxxvi. 3 In all that bodily largeness Lives not a grain of salt, breathes not a charm anywhere.

1947 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Brit. Painters vii. 82 The smallness of the heads and extremities, and the largeness of the limbs and trunk.

1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma iii. 71 I remember this lunch for its largeness: great fat burgers on bloated buns, steak fries stacked like lumber on an oversized plate.

c. Of an immaterial thing: great degree, intensity, or extent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

micklenesseOE

mickleheadc1300

greatnessc1330

micklehooda1400

muchheada1425

magnitude?a1475

muchness1494

largeness1528

ampleness1566

grandeur1599

extensiveness1639

stupendosity1828

massiveness1855

1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. C.iv^v The largenesse of the glory of thy dygnyte and reuerence, and exaltacyon of thy realme.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxx Of suche largenes it may of right be sayd & called catholicall.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A2^v I haue been..possessed with an extreame woonder at..the largenesse of your capacitie.

1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 381 Considering the heighth of his friends and largenesse of his deserts.

1753 E. Haywood Hist. Jemmy & Jenny Jessamy III. xxiii. 258 The largeness of her fortune..made him presently envy the friend who introduced him.

1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour i. The men, from the largeness of their pay, were looked upon..as comparatively opulent personages.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. i. 50 The largeness of the power..committed to the councils was at once a temptation..to abuse those powers.

1910 D. C. Reid Effective Industr. Reform iii. xvi. 245 The church has not always grasped the largeness of her mission.

1985 D. Johnson Fiskadoro iv. 99 In the real situation, better words expressing..the largeness of his special feeling would come to him.

2010 F. J. Turner Frontier in Amer. Hist. ix. 200 Western democracy is contrasted with the democracy of all other times in the largeness of the tasks to which it has set its hand.

†4. Abundance; plentitude. Obsolete. Cf. largesse n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun]

speedOE

fulsomenesslOE

wonea1300

fulsomeheada1325

cheapc1325

largitya1382

plenteousnessa1382

plenteoustea1382

plentya1382

abundancec1384

affluencec1390

largenessc1400

uberty?a1412

aboundingc1425

fullness1440

copiousness1447

rifenessc1450

copy1484

abundancy?1526

copiosity1543

plentifulness1555

ampleness1566

umberty?1578

acquire1592

amplitude1605

plentitude1609

plenitude1614

fertility1615

profluence1623

fluency1624

flushness1662

rowtha1689

sonsea1689

affluentness1727

raff1801

richness1814

c1400 Omnis Plantacio (Egerton) l. 2635 in Wks. Lollard Preacher (2001) 128 And þei ben redi ynow aȝens þe councel of Crist to stryue in iugement, not oonli for þe coote, but also for þe mantil, þe which bitokeneþ þe largenesse of worldli possessioun, as Hildegar seiþ in hir prophecie.

a1425 Templum Domini in R. Cornelius Figurative Castle (Ph.D. diss., Bryn Mawr Coll.) (1930) 112 (MED) Honger & thirst, deseyse & colde, In heuene is wele-fare & largenesse.

1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. Xx.vi Particularitie, is the restreyning of the largenesse of Christs benefites..vntoo a feawe.

1648 J. Battie Merchants Remonstr. 12 The then highnesse of the Exchange, which highnesse was principally caused by the amplenesse or largenesse of Trade.

†5. Breadth, width. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [noun]

bredeeOE

widenessOE

wideOE

latitude1398

broada1400

broadnessa1425

largeness?a1425

breadth1459

width1570

largitude1590

cross1630

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 171 It..streccheth toward the west in lengthe..in largeness it dureth [fro] [MS to] the cytee of Alizandre.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 7 That was iocund and Ioly..was þe souerayne Citie..Of lenght & largenes louely to se.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 14/2 Consideringe the largenes and length of the wounde.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 19 Lay ouer it two or three other Blankets at their vttermost largenesse.

1691 A. Swall tr. S. Le P. de Vauban New Method Fortification iii. iii. 38 We are now to see what Largeness or Breadth is to be allowed to the Ramparts, Parapets, Moats, Covert Ways, and Glacis's of Squares.

1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 11 The largeness, depth or rapidity of the stream of rivers, which they had occasion to pass.

1770 Monthly Rev. 42 App. 505 The superiority of these telescopes, with respect to the distinctness of the image, the largeness of the field, and other circumstances.

1821 T. Towne Automatical Camera-obscura I. 68 One may judge of the depth and largeness of the ditch, by the extreme height and thickness of the walls.

†6. Lengthiness or prolixity (of speech or writing). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity

prolixityc1395

tediouste?a1412

diffusiona1413

diffuseness1474

tediousness?a1475

largeness1547

longness1587

prolixness?1590

length1597

longanimity1607

tediositya1625

wire-drawing1640

longinquity1641

long-windedness1648

diffusivenessa1719

sprawling1822

longsomeness1834

ramblingness1835

lengthsomeness1849

bagginess1860

lengthiness1863

governmentese1907

1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 69 It requireth more largenesse of wordes, then is meete for this place.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 221 Y^e stile runneth of it selfe into such largenesse with plentie of matter, y^t[etc.].

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. l. 106 In other things we may be more briefe, but the waight of these requireth largenes.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 157 The Reader I presume will pardon our largeness..in relating the proceedings against this first Martyr.

a1679 M. Poole Annot. Holy Bible (1683) I. Rom. i. Because of the Prolixity and Largeness of it, this being one of the longest of all the Epistles.

1787 Gentleman's Mag. May 381/1 Neither the largeness of your paper, nor the racks and tortures you menace me with in your preamble, frighten me in the least.

†7. Freedom, scope, opportunity. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun]

chance1297

occasiona1382

leisurec1386

opportunitya1387

advantage1487

portunity1516

in the nick1565

mean1592

vantage?1592

occasionet1593

overture1610

hinta1616

largeness1625

convenience1679

tid1721

opening1752

offer1831

slant1837

show1842

showing1852

show-up1883

window of opportunity1942

op1978

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity > instance of

scopea1616

largeness1625

1625 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 233 Your man brought me your Letter of the 8 of December this 21 of the same, to Chelsey, and gives me the largenesse, till friday to send a letter to Pauls house.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 500 Others..have none drunk but such as will scotch a Cart; a largnesse, I believe, allowed to Scotch that Propensity to censure which many have.

†8. Superior air or manner. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [noun]

pompositya1538

ventosity?1545

pontificality1600

bigness1634

fast1673

swell1724

bumbledom1847

highfalutin1847

highfalutination1858

pompousness1870

largeness1887

falutin1921

hugaboo1930

stuffed-shirtedness1981

fantasia-

1887 H. Caine Deemster II. xxvii. 250 The perspiration started from his temples, but his dignity and his largeness did not desert him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	largeness
释义	largenessn. Brit. /ˈlɑːdʒnəs/, U.S. /ˈlɑrdʒnəs/ Forms: see large adj., adv., and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: large adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < large adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier largesse n. 1. a. The quality of not being circumscribed or limited in scope, range, or capacity; wide-ranging quality; breadth of spirit or mind. Opposed to narrowness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > breadth, depth, strength of intellect strengthOE largenessa1382 profoundnessc1475 breadth1532 profundity1559 amplitude1575 deptha1593 powerfulnessc1595 universality1605 fathoma1616 spaciousness1657 comprehensiveness1683 grasp1683 altitudo1933 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings iv. 29 God forsoþe ȝaf wisdam to Salamon and myche prudence.., and largenesse of herte [L. latitudinem cordis]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Psalms cxvii. 5 Of tribulacioun Y inwardli clepide the Lord; and the Lord herde me in largenesse [a1382 E.V. in breede; L. in latitudine]. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 78 This man [sc. Justinianus Secundus] with his wisdam and largenes encresed þe empire, and broute it to mech worchip. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Cv^v If any worde be vsed that hath a double meanyng, restrayne the largenesse therof, and declare how yow wil haue it taken. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxii, in Wks. (1662) 59 When Mary to testifie the largeness of her affection, seemed to waste away a gift upon him. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvii. 344 Some Men of that Strength of Judgment, and Largeness of Comprehension, that [etc]. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables viii. 8 If the Largeness of his Heart shall carry him beyond the Line of Necessary Prudence. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 589 A man of his temper, and of his largeness in point of opinion. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon I. iv. 108 Thus we..acquired a largeness of conception and liberality of judgment. 1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. iii. 67 One who..in the largeness of his love would send none empty away. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 492 A man..distinguished..by the largeness of his views and by his superiority to vulgar prejudices. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §1. 456 The largeness of temper which characterized all the nobler minds of his day. 1920 J. C. Snaith Adventurous Lady xxx. 242 For all his balance of mind and his largeness of view he could not escape a sense of chagrin. 1948 R. G. B. Gorell John Keats v. 109 There was a largeness of heart as there was a largeness of intellect about both: there was nothing small or petty about either. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 1 Aug. 18/2 Instead of Schadenfreude, the..emotion we should feel..is..a hopeful largeness of spirit. b. Breadth of artistic treatment or style; expansiveness, lack of restraint. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally decoruma1568 humoura1568 variety1597 strength1608 uniformity1625 barbarity1644 freedom1645 boldness1677 correctness1684 clinquant1711 unity1712 contrast1713 meretriciousness1727 airiness1734 pathos1739 chastity1760 vigour1774 prettyism1789 mannerism1803 serio-comic1805 actuality1812 largeness1824 local colour1829 subjectivitya1834 idealism1841 pastoralism1842 inartisticalitya1849 academicism1852 realism1856 colour contrast1858 crampedness1858 niggling1858 audacity1859 superreality1859 literalism1860 pseudo-classicism1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 chocolate box1865 pseudo-classicality1867 academism1871 actualism1872 academicalism1874 ethos1875 terribilità1877 local colouring1881 neoclassicism1893 mass effect1902 attack1905 verismo1908 kitsch1921 abstraction1923 self-consciousness1932 surreality1936 tension1941 build-up1942 sprezzatura1957 1824 Somerset House Gaz. 7 Feb. 275/1 The rare acquirements of this painter [sc. Edwin Landseer].., the largeness of style which he was approximating. 1885 Manch. Examiner 21 May 5/4 A frequent largeness of phrase, with quaintness of response. 1908 Internat. Studio Oct. 271/2 Whatever the mood may be, whatever the forms of nature which are reproduced, in all cases there is apparent a certain largeness of artistic vision. 1947 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Brit. Painters ix. 116 Fuseli certainly derived more from Michelangelo than others of our British painters.., more of that largeness of treatment and noble simplicity that lifts us out of and above common nature. 1999 D. Cairns Berlioz II. x. 248 The music's largeness of style anticipates the third song. †2. Liberality, generosity; bounty; prodigality. Also as a personification. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality freedomOE custinessOE largesse?c1225 freeshipa1250 franchisec1325 largitya1382 largenessa1387 liberalityc1390 bountya1400 honestya1400 freenessc1400 largec1400 liberalnessc1410 munificencec1425 plentyc1425 bounteousnessc1440 magnificencec1450 bountifulness1489 bountines1512 royalty1548 magnificency?c1550 munificency?c1550 free-heartedness1583 profuseness1584 bountihead1590 lavishness1590 frankness1591 ingenuousness1611 fruitfulnessa1616 generosity1634 open-handednessa1640 large-heartedness1640 communicativeness1653 unsparingness1818 free-handedness1860 big-heartedness1872 ungrudgingness1885 two-handedness1891 outgivingness1968 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 221 (MED) Cato was greet in clennes of lyf, and Iulius in largenesse of ȝiftes [L. magnificentia]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. l. 632 (MED) Largenesse þe lady heo let in ful manye. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 64 Quod largenes in almesse dede. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3404 Syn it lokid has þe largenes of þe lord of heuen, Þat me þis diademe of Dary demed is & graunted. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 103 Luve makis wrechis full of lergenes. a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 362/1 The grace, which is geuen of the largenes of God. 1605 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales (rev. ed.) i. xi. 21 That Germanicus had purchased the souldiers fauour by largenesse. a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI. Serm. (1661) vii. 436 His largenesse or bounty, as it were..the casting abroad of His new coine. 1627 J. Donne Serm. Lady Danuers 155 Alacrity married with a Thoughtfulnesse, and Largenesse married with a Providence. a1700 C. Ellis Rest for Heavy-laden (1756) ii. i. 155 All this Largeness and Bounty..will nothing of all this move us? 3. a. Size, extent (without the implication of great magnitude). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun] prickOE degreec1380 greec1386 largenessa1398 rate1523 size1534 pitcha1568 pin1584 scantling1586 intension1604 assize1625 proportion1641 process1655 to a certain extent1671 intensity1794 level1897 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. iv. 455 Celum imperium..is in largenesse [L. amplitudine] fro þe middel poynt of þe worlde. 1448 Will of Henry VI in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 370 (MED) Ouer the said librarie an hows of the same largenesse. 1522–3 Acts 14 & 15 Henry VIII (?1523) c.6. sig. bvi^v One other waye..of as great largenesse in bredeth or larger: than the sayd olde way. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 314 Then wrapt the body round In largenesse of a fine white sheete. a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) I. 2 Other sheres in Wales of farre more lardgnes. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. i. iii. 389 Glasgow; which in respect of Largeness, Buildings, Trade, and Wealth, is the chief City in the Kingdom next to Edinburgh. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 9 Each Hook about the largeness of six Scythes. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. x. 458 They were similar, in the largeness of their joints, and in the likeness of their hair. 1892 Ld. Kelvin Presidential Addr. Royal Soc. 30 Nov. The largeness of the solar semi-diurnal..constituents found by the harmonic analysis. 1939 Mind 48 136 If instances of largeness and that of which they are instances are alike considered and compared in respect of largeness, an infinite regress is at once set on foot. 2005 B. G. Mirkin Clustering for Data Mining v. 140 The sum of squared residuals criterion can be used in the context of data mining as a clear cut measure of the largeness of the residuals. b. Of a material thing: great size, volume, or bulk; massiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] micklenesseOE muchnessa1398 largenessa1400 magnitude?a1425 meta1425 bignessc1487 greatnessc1500 muchity1534 magnity1790 stourness1866 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > vast extent widenessc1225 largenessa1400 ampleness1509 breadth1532 spaciousness1587 vastness1602 vastity1603 vastiditya1616 spaciosity1620 vastitude1623 latitude1650 immensity1797 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 7024 Hym was shewed a paleys..Myȝte no man ayme þe largenesse [Fr. grandur] Ne tunge telle þe feyrnesse. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 68 For all þe largenes of lenth at he luke myȝt, Slik was þe multitude of mast..Þat..a hare wod it semyd. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 85 The bones of a great..man,..among the which bones, the huckle bone..was of such largenesse, as..did declare the man to be .xiiii. foote. 1653 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. 7 Nov. in Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) I. 111 By reason of the largenes, and roughnes of the water. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B6 Their motion is slow, by reason of their largenesse. 1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. xix. 146 The Largeness of the Assembly made the Sphere of Lady Palestine's Care and Attention very extensive. 1850 Eclectic Rev. Mar. 273 Galileo began to reveal the largeness of the universe—Newton concerned himself more with its laws. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxxxvi. 3 In all that bodily largeness Lives not a grain of salt, breathes not a charm anywhere. 1947 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Brit. Painters vii. 82 The smallness of the heads and extremities, and the largeness of the limbs and trunk. 1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma iii. 71 I remember this lunch for its largeness: great fat burgers on bloated buns, steak fries stacked like lumber on an oversized plate. c. Of an immaterial thing: great degree, intensity, or extent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] micklenesseOE mickleheadc1300 greatnessc1330 micklehooda1400 muchheada1425 magnitude?a1475 muchness1494 largeness1528 ampleness1566 grandeur1599 extensiveness1639 stupendosity1828 massiveness1855 1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. C.iv^v The largenesse of the glory of thy dygnyte and reuerence, and exaltacyon of thy realme. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxx Of suche largenes it may of right be sayd & called catholicall. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A2^v I haue been..possessed with an extreame woonder at..the largenesse of your capacitie. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 381 Considering the heighth of his friends and largenesse of his deserts. 1753 E. Haywood Hist. Jemmy & Jenny Jessamy III. xxiii. 258 The largeness of her fortune..made him presently envy the friend who introduced him. 1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour i. The men, from the largeness of their pay, were looked upon..as comparatively opulent personages. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. i. 50 The largeness of the power..committed to the councils was at once a temptation..to abuse those powers. 1910 D. C. Reid Effective Industr. Reform iii. xvi. 245 The church has not always grasped the largeness of her mission. 1985 D. Johnson Fiskadoro iv. 99 In the real situation, better words expressing..the largeness of his special feeling would come to him. 2010 F. J. Turner Frontier in Amer. Hist. ix. 200 Western democracy is contrasted with the democracy of all other times in the largeness of the tasks to which it has set its hand. †4. Abundance; plentitude. Obsolete. Cf. largesse n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] speedOE fulsomenesslOE wonea1300 fulsomeheada1325 cheapc1325 largitya1382 plenteousnessa1382 plenteoustea1382 plentya1382 abundancec1384 affluencec1390 largenessc1400 uberty?a1412 aboundingc1425 fullness1440 copiousness1447 rifenessc1450 copy1484 abundancy?1526 copiosity1543 plentifulness1555 ampleness1566 umberty?1578 acquire1592 amplitude1605 plentitude1609 plenitude1614 fertility1615 profluence1623 fluency1624 flushness1662 rowtha1689 sonsea1689 affluentness1727 raff1801 richness1814 c1400 Omnis Plantacio (Egerton) l. 2635 in Wks. Lollard Preacher (2001) 128 And þei ben redi ynow aȝens þe councel of Crist to stryue in iugement, not oonli for þe coote, but also for þe mantil, þe which bitokeneþ þe largenesse of worldli possessioun, as Hildegar seiþ in hir prophecie. a1425 Templum Domini in R. Cornelius Figurative Castle (Ph.D. diss., Bryn Mawr Coll.) (1930) 112 (MED) Honger & thirst, deseyse & colde, In heuene is wele-fare & largenesse. 1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. Xx.vi Particularitie, is the restreyning of the largenesse of Christs benefites..vntoo a feawe. 1648 J. Battie Merchants Remonstr. 12 The then highnesse of the Exchange, which highnesse was principally caused by the amplenesse or largenesse of Trade. †5. Breadth, width. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [noun] bredeeOE widenessOE wideOE latitude1398 broada1400 broadnessa1425 largeness?a1425 breadth1459 width1570 largitude1590 cross1630 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 171 It..streccheth toward the west in lengthe..in largeness it dureth [fro] [MS to] the cytee of Alizandre. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 7 That was iocund and Ioly..was þe souerayne Citie..Of lenght & largenes louely to se. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 14/2 Consideringe the largenes and length of the wounde. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 19 Lay ouer it two or three other Blankets at their vttermost largenesse. 1691 A. Swall tr. S. Le P. de Vauban New Method Fortification iii. iii. 38 We are now to see what Largeness or Breadth is to be allowed to the Ramparts, Parapets, Moats, Covert Ways, and Glacis's of Squares. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 11 The largeness, depth or rapidity of the stream of rivers, which they had occasion to pass. 1770 Monthly Rev. 42 App. 505 The superiority of these telescopes, with respect to the distinctness of the image, the largeness of the field, and other circumstances. 1821 T. Towne Automatical Camera-obscura I. 68 One may judge of the depth and largeness of the ditch, by the extreme height and thickness of the walls. †6. Lengthiness or prolixity (of speech or writing). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity prolixityc1395 tediouste?a1412 diffusiona1413 diffuseness1474 tediousness?a1475 largeness1547 longness1587 prolixness?1590 length1597 longanimity1607 tediositya1625 wire-drawing1640 longinquity1641 long-windedness1648 diffusivenessa1719 sprawling1822 longsomeness1834 ramblingness1835 lengthsomeness1849 bagginess1860 lengthiness1863 governmentese1907 1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 69 It requireth more largenesse of wordes, then is meete for this place. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 221 Y^e stile runneth of it selfe into such largenesse with plentie of matter, y^t[etc.]. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. l. 106 In other things we may be more briefe, but the waight of these requireth largenes. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 157 The Reader I presume will pardon our largeness..in relating the proceedings against this first Martyr. a1679 M. Poole Annot. Holy Bible (1683) I. Rom. i. Because of the Prolixity and Largeness of it, this being one of the longest of all the Epistles. 1787 Gentleman's Mag. May 381/1 Neither the largeness of your paper, nor the racks and tortures you menace me with in your preamble, frighten me in the least. †7. Freedom, scope, opportunity. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun] chance1297 occasiona1382 leisurec1386 opportunitya1387 advantage1487 portunity1516 in the nick1565 mean1592 vantage?1592 occasionet1593 overture1610 hinta1616 largeness1625 convenience1679 tid1721 opening1752 offer1831 slant1837 show1842 showing1852 show-up1883 window of opportunity1942 op1978 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity > instance of scopea1616 largeness1625 1625 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 233 Your man brought me your Letter of the 8 of December this 21 of the same, to Chelsey, and gives me the largenesse, till friday to send a letter to Pauls house. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 500 Others..have none drunk but such as will scotch a Cart; a largnesse, I believe, allowed to Scotch that Propensity to censure which many have. †8. Superior air or manner. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [noun] pompositya1538 ventosity?1545 pontificality1600 bigness1634 fast1673 swell1724 bumbledom1847 highfalutin1847 highfalutination1858 pompousness1870 largeness1887 falutin1921 hugaboo1930 stuffed-shirtedness1981 fantasia- 1887 H. Caine Deemster II. xxvii. 250 The perspiration started from his temples, but his dignity and his largeness did not desert him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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