large
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour (“large, great”) (from Old English stōr) and muchel (“large, great”) (from Old English myċel).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɑːd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɑɹd͡ʒ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
AdjectiveEdit
large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
- Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
- (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- We have yet large day.
- (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.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
- 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
- (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- Some large jests he will make.
- (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.
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NounEdit
large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)
- (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
- "We'll call you anything we want," Dave said. "You owe us eighty-five large, Ace, and what we've got for collateral on that money so far is a shitload of Arm & Hammer baking soda worth about a buck-fifty. We'll call you Hubert J. Motherfucker if we want to."
- 2008 January 13, David Simon, “Unconfirmed Reports”, in The Wire, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Avon Barksdale, 30:16 from the start:
- So send my sister a hundred large, and next time you come down to Jessup it won't be my grill talking at you. My word on that.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.
- Synonym: L
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- One small coffee and two larges, please.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
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AdverbEdit
large
- (nautical) Before the wind.
Further readingEdit
- large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- large in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
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AdjectiveEdit
large (plural larges)
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NounEdit
large m (plural larges)
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Further readingEdit
- “large”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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largē (comparative largius, superlative largissimē)
- munificently, generously, liberally.
- abundantly, copiously.
- to a great extent.
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
large
ReferencesEdit
- “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
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French large, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).
AdjectiveEdit
large m or f
Derived termsEdit
- large d'bord, large d'run (“broad in the beam”)
- largement (“widely”)
NounEdit
large m (plural larges)
- (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea
- Synonym: plieine mé
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")
EtymologyEdit
From Latin largus, larga.
AdjectiveEdit
large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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