单词 | muchity |
释义 | † muchityn. Obsolete. rare. Greatness, (large) size. Also: wickedness (cf. enormity n. 2). As a count noun: a thing of importance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important muchity1534 importance1570 something1582 significancy1656 thing1748 great1787 important1824 big stuff1883 big whoop1988 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] micklenesseOE muchnessa1398 largenessa1400 magnitude?a1425 meta1425 bignessc1487 greatnessc1500 muchity1534 magnity1790 stourness1866 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. V.1 If empyre be desyred bycause of glory & fame, let muchete and murdre [L. scelus] go, wherin may be no glory & fame. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 72 For those especially obserued mutchities, in the eyght last Chapters, I haue reason to thinke..they were also scored vnto your hand. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 221 Liberality is discouered two wayes: by the Quality, and goodnesse of the gift: by the quantity and muchity of what is presented. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1534 |
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