Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Size
size, n. [OFr < assise sitting, seat, siege, settlement of appointments, act of setting assessments, manner of regulations.]
- Quantity; [fig.] significance; importance.
- Measure; [fig.] type; kind; sort.
- Extent; expanse; expansion.
- Dimension; proportion.
- Weight; gravity; burden; load.
- Capacity; diameter; circumference; [fig.] worth; meaning.
- Amount; sum; [fig.] value.
- Stature; height.
- Bigness; greatness; grandeur; [fig.] growth; maturation; increase; incremental development.
- Magnitude; scope; perspective.
- Area; domain.
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