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单词 ungreat
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ungreatn.

Forms: early Middle English ungrete.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: English ungrīeto.
Etymology: Probably the reflex of an unattested Old English ungrīeto < un- prefix1 + Old English grīeto largeness of size, bigness (see greatness n.).
Obsolete. rare.
Lack of size; smallness.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun]
littlenessOE
ungreatc1275
littleheadc1350
smallnessa1398
littlelaikc1450
exiguity1604
pusillage1610
parvity1620
parvitude1652
petitenessa1676
exiguousness1727
exility1779
toydom1882
weeness1882
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 752 Wi atuitestu me mine unstrengþe An mine ungrete & mine unlengþe?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

ungreatadj.

Forms: In 1500s Scottish ongrit.
Etymology: un- prefix1 1.
Obsolete.
Small.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > not large or moderate
i-metlichc888
singlea1387
meetlya1400
ungreatc1550
modest1582
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 89 And als it vas as ongrit blythnes to sa mony..tounis quhilkis hed randrit them..to Annibal.
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