"unlittle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unlittle [comparative], most unlittle [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unlitel, unnlitell, from Old English unlȳtel, unlytel (“not little, large, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *unlutil (“not little”), equivalent to un- + little. Cognate with Old High German unluzzil (“excessive, inordinate”), Old Norse úlítill (“not little”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unlitel}} Middle English unlitel, {{inh|en|ang|unlȳtel}} Old English unlȳtel, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*unlutil|t=not little}} Proto-West Germanic *unlutil (“not little”), {{pre|en|un-|little|id1=negative}} un- + little, {{cog|goh|unluzzil|t=excessive, inordinate}} Old High German unluzzil (“excessive, inordinate”), {{cog|non|úlítill|t=not little}} Old Norse úlítill (“not little”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} unlittle (comparative more unlittle, superlative most unlittle)
  1. Not little. Synonyms: big, great, large
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