MUCHNESS

muchness

(noun) greatness of quantity or measure or extent

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

muchness (countable and uncountable, plural muchnesses)

Large size or bulk; bigness; size; magnitude (large or small).

Greatness in quantity, number, amount, or degree.

Source: Wiktionary


Much"ness, n.

Definition: Greatness; extent. [Obs. or Colloq.] The quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth. W. Whately. Much of a muchness, much the same. [Colloq.] "Men's men; gentle or simple, they 're much of muchness." G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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