单词 | overlargeness |
释义 | overlargenessn. Excessive largeness; immoderate size or magnitude. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > excessive size ranknessc1450 over-greatness1579 overlargeness1724 oversize1749 1724 G. Cheyne Ess. Health ii. 19 Viscidity in the Juices, or the Over-largeness of their constituent Particles. 1877 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 754/2 So great a majority are etchings from pictures of the Dutch school that one feels an overlargeness in the title of the work, though perhaps it could not have readily been made more accurate. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 18 May 2/1 Mr. George Clausen's painting..inspires at first sight a sense of incongruity, of over-largeness of proportion. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 27 May 4 The mouths wince tenderly, and the overlargeness of the face now signifies the soul trapped in its poor flesh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1724 |
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