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"Big" in French : Gros

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Pronunciation : Big
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]
Definition : 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too big to go in there." Shak.

2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Addison.

3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. Jer. Taylor.

Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced. To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. I talked big to them at first. De Foe.

Syn. -- Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.

[compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Big, Bigg
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg, Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. "Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg." New English Dict.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Big, Bigg
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b (neut.) to dwell (active) to make ready. See Boor, and Bound.]
Definition : Defn: To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] Sir W. Scott.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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