"muchness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: muchnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English muchelnesse, michelnesse (“greatness, magnitude”), from Old English miċelnes, myċelnes (“greatness, size, mass, quantity, multitude, abundance, magnificence, great deed”), equivalent to much + -ness. Cognate with Old High German michilnessi (“greatness, magnitude”). Compare also mickleness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|muchelnesse}} Middle English muchelnesse, {{inh|en|ang|miċelnes}} Old English miċelnes, {{suffix|en|much|ness}} much + -ness, {{cog|goh|michilnessi|t=greatness, magnitude}} Old High German michilnessi (“greatness, magnitude”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} muchness (countable and uncountable, plural muchnesses)
  1. Large size or bulk; bigness; size; magnitude (large or small). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-muchness-en-noun-ybYQv8t3
  2. Greatness in quantity, number, amount, or degree. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-muchness-en-noun-VvxLWI5V Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: too-muchness

Inflected forms

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