stournessn.
/ˈstʊənᵻs/ Obsolete exc. Scottish.
The condition of being ‘stour’; †sturdiness; †roughness; largeness.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > state of having
couragenessc1440
stourness1530
robusticity1777
sturdiness1863
chunkiness1879
stockiness1890
robustness1973
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > sturdiness
stourness1530
stubbleness1530
sturdiness1863
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun]
micklenesseOE
muchnessa1398
largenessa1400
magnitude?a1425
meta1425
bignessc1487
greatnessc1500
muchity1534
magnity1790
stourness1866
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/1 Stournesse, estourdisseure.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9015 Kyng Seppidon..Bounet vnto batell..And to Neptilon anon,..As by stowrnes of strenght, streght on hym met.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10345 And troiell..trayturly he slogh, Noght þurgh stowrenes of strokes, ne with strenght one; But [etc.].
1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 119 Stourness, largeness, bigness.
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