Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LIT'TLE-NESS
LIT'TLE-NESS, n.
- Smallness of size or bulk; as, the littleness of the body or of an animal.
- Meanness; want of grandeur; as, littleness of conception.
- Want of dignity. Contemplations on the majesty of God displayed in his works, may awaken in us a sense of our own littleness.
- Meanness; penuriousness.
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