different between biggen vs biggin

English

Etymology 1

From big +? -en. More at big.

Verb

biggen (third-person singular simple present biggens, present participle biggening, simple past and past participle biggened)

1. (rare, obsolete) To make bigger

Related terms

• embiggen

Etymology 2

Verb

biggen

1. Pronunciation spelling of begin.

Anagrams

• beggin'

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

biggen

1. Plural form of big

Anagrams

• beging

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse byggja.

Alternative forms

• beggen, buggen

Verb

biggen

1. build
   • a. 1450, John Lydgate:

     Thy place is bygged above the sterres clere

     Your house is built above the shining stars.

2. dwell

Derived terms

• bigger

References

• “biggen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

biggen

1. Alternative form of bien

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?pi????en/

Verb

b?ggen

1. first-person singular past indicative of bieggat

Scots

Verb

biggen

1. to be pregnant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???n/

Etymology 1

From French béguin. Compare beguine.

Noun

biggin (plural biggins)

1. (archaic) A child's cap; (figuratively) childhood.
   • 1629, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Picture

     An old woman's biggin for a nightcap.

2. (historical) An official's hood or coif.

Etymology 2

From the inventor's surname.

Alternative forms

• bigging

Noun

biggin (plural biggins)

1. A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.

Anagrams

• gibing

Scots

Noun

biggin (plural biggins)

1. A building; a bigging.