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noun
Greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From Middle English mikelnes, an unpalatalised variant (due to influence from Old Norse mikill) of Middle English michelnesse, from Old English miċelnes (“greatness, size, mass, quantity, multitude, abundance, magnificence, great deed”), equivalent to mickle + -ness. Cognate with Old High German michilnessi (“greatness, magnitude”). See also muchness.
