"writ large" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɹɪt ˈlɑːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹɪt ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Forms: writ larger [comparative], writ largest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ Etymology: From writ (“(archaic) written”) + large, from the poem “On the New Forces of Conscience under the Long Parliament” in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions (1673) by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674): “New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ large”; Milton was using the phrase in the sense “written more completely”. Etymology templates: {{m|en|writ|t=(archaic) written}} writ (“(archaic) written”), {{m|en|large}} large, {{nb...|at the Blew Anchor next Mire Court over against Fetter Lane in Fleet-street.}} […] Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} writ large (comparative writ larger, superlative writ largest)
  1. On a large scale; magnified. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-writ_large-en-adj-E8Y27-h~ Categories (other): English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32
  2. Readily discerned, unmistakably indicated; clear, obvious. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-writ_large-en-adj--durEj3j

Inflected forms

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