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large

English

Etymology

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much). Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour (large, great) (from Old English st?r) and muchel (large, great) (from Old English my?el).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??d??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?l??d??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)d?

Adjective

large (comparative larger, superlative largest)

  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  2. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
  3. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
    • 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
      I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
  4. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
    • Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
  5. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  6. (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Synonyms

  • big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish
  • See also Thesaurus:large

Antonyms

  • small, tiny, minuscule

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)

  1. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  2. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
  3. (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
    Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
  4. A large serving of something.
    One small coffee and two larges, please.

Derived terms

  • at large

Adverb

large

  1. (nautical) Before the wind.

Further reading

  • large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • large in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Agler, Alger, Elgar, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, regal

French

Etymology

From Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum (abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much). The feminine is inherited, but for the masculine, Latin largum (the masculine and neuter accusative) developed into Old French larc, which was discarded.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la??/
  • (Paris)
  • Homophone: larges
  • Hyphenation: large

Adjective

large (plural larges)

  1. wide, broad
  2. large
  3. generous

Derived terms

  • de long en large
  • en long en large
  • large d'esprit
  • ratisser large

Related terms

  • largesse

Noun

large m (plural larges)

  1. open sea
  2. width

Synonyms

  • (open sea): haute mer
  • (width): largeur
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Antillean Creole: laj
  • Haitian Creole: laj
  • Karipúna Creole French: laj
  • Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj

Anagrams

  • Alger, grêla, régal, régla

Further reading

  • “large” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

larg? (comparative largius, superlative largissim?)

  1. munificently, generously, liberally.
  2. abundantly, copiously.
  3. to a great extent.

Etymology 2

Adjective

large

  1. vocative masculine singular of largus

References

  • large in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • large in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norman

Etymology

From Old French large, from Latin largus (abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much).

Adjective

large m or f

  1. (Jersey) wide

Derived terms

Noun

large m (plural larges)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea
    Synonym: plieine mé

Old French

Alternative forms

  • larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")

Etymology

From Latin largus, larga.

Adjective

large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)

  1. generous
  2. large; big
  3. wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)

Descendants

  • ? Middle English: large
    • English: large
  • Middle French: large
    • French: large
      • Antillean Creole: laj
      • Haitian Creole: laj
      • Karipúna Creole French: laj
      • Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj
  • Norman: large (Guernsey, Jersey)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (large, supplement)
  • large on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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thick

English

Alternative forms

  • (meme slang: curvy): thicc

Etymology

From Middle English thicke, from Old English þicce (thick, dense), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkw?, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (thick), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (thick).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: th?k
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /??k/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??k/
  • Rhymes: -?k

Adjective

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

  1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
    Synonyms: broad; see also Thesaurus:wide
    Antonyms: slim, thin; see also Thesaurus:narrow
  2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
  3. Heavy in build; thickset.
    Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset
    Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin; see also Thesaurus:slender
  4. Densely crowded or packed.
    Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
    Antonyms: sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
  5. Having a viscous consistency.
    Synonyms: glutinous, viscous; see also Thesaurus:viscous
    Antonyms: free-flowing, runny; see also Thesaurus:runny
  6. Abounding in number.
    Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming; see also Thesaurus:plentiful
    Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight
  7. Impenetrable to sight.
    Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid; see also Thesaurus:opaque
    Antonyms: thin, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent
  8. (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
    1. Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
    2. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
      Synonyms: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
      Antonyms: clear, lucid; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
  9. (informal) Stupid.
    Synonyms: dense, (informal) dumb, stupid, (taboo slang) thick as pigshit, (slang) thick as two short planks; see also Thesaurus:stupid
    Antonyms: (informal) brainy, intelligent, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent
  10. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
    Synonyms: (UK, informal) chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, (informal) pally, intimate, tight-knit
    Antonym: unacquainted
    • 1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse
      Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since
  11. Deep, intense, or profound.
    Synonyms: great, extreme
  12. (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable
    • 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
      "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s."
  13. (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voluptuous

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

  1. In a thick manner.
    Snow lay thick on the ground.
  2. Frequently or numerously.
    The arrows flew thick and fast around us.

Translations

Noun

thick (plural thicks)

  1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
    • He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
  2. A thicket.
    • gloomy thicks
  3. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.

Derived terms

  • in the thick of
  • through thick and thin

Translations

Verb

thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)

  1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:thicken

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