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massiveness|ˈmæsɪvnɪs| [f. massive + -ness.] The state or quality of being massive.
1530Palsgr. 243/2 Massyfnesse, solidité. 1603North's Plutarch, Life Plutarch (1612) 1204 Doest thou think it is by reason of the massiuenes or weight, or by the swiftnesse, or strength of the eyes? 1620Venner Via Recta i. 19 Bread made of Rie..is cold, heauy, and hard to digest, and by reason of the massiuenesse thereof, very burdensome to the stomacke. 1855Bain Senses & Int. 92 The peculiarity of it [sc. the feeling of fatigue] as a pleasure is not intensity or acuteness, but quantity, massiveness, or volume. 1870F. R. Wilson Ch. Lindisf. 93 The sombre massiveness of the tower. |