Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Large (-r, -st)
large (-r, -st), adj. [Fr. large; NW says Sp. largar, to loosen, to slacken, as a rope.] (webplay: ample, bestowed, comprehension, crosses, equal, favorable, fully, gives, great, grow, heart, left, lives, love, many, might, much, note, present, rope, size, territory, town, tree, water, without).
- Great in magnitude; [fig.] weighty.
- Significant; important; substantial.
- Intense; of great degree.
- Accommodating; generous; capacious; ample; roomy; [fig.] liberal in giving.
- Big; immense; prodigious; of great size.
- Gigantic; enormous; colossal; huge; tall; broad in statue; [fig.] formidable.
- Infinite; [fig.] glorious; heavenly.
- Abundant; plentiful.
- Dear; valuable; comprehensive.
- Complex; difficult; complicated; momentous.
- Wide; extending over a great distance.
- Widespread; expansive.
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