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Webster 1913 Edition
Big
Big
(bĭg)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Bigger
; sup
erl.
Biggest
.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W.
beichiog
, beichiawg
, pregnant, with child, fr. baich
burden, Arm. beac’h
; or cf. OE. bygly
, Icel. biggiligr
, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen
, Icel. byggja
, to dwell, build, akin to E. be
.] 1.
Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
“He's too big to go in there.” Shak.
2.
Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; – often figuratively.
[Day]
big
with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Addison.
3.
Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense;
as, a
. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. big
heart; a big
voice; big
looks; to look big
God hath not in heaven a
bigger
argument. Jer. Taylor.
☞ Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced.
To talk big
, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.
I
talked big
to them at first. De Foe.
Syn. – Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
Webster 1828 Edition
Big
BIG
, a.1.
Bulky; protuberant; pregnant, applied to females. Big, in the sense of pregnant, is followed by with; as, big with child. The use of of, big of child, is not good English.2.
Great; large; in a more general sense; applied to any body or object.3.
Full; fraught, and about to have vent, or be brought forth.The important day, big with the fate of Rome.
4.
Distended; full, as with grief or passion.Thy heart is big, get thee apart and weep.
5.
Swelled; tumid; inflated, as with pride; hence, haughty in air or mien, or indicating haughtiness; proud; as big looks; big words; to look big.6.
Great in spirit; lofty; brave.Have not I a heart as big as thine?
BIG
,Noun.