† pusillagen.
Obsolete. rare.
Smallness, insignificance.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun]
littlenessOE
ungreatc1275
littleheadc1350
smallnessa1398
littlelaikc1450
exiguity1604
pusillage1610
parvity1620
parvitude1652
petitenessa1676
exiguousness1727
exility1779
toydom1882
weeness1882
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > little importance or triviality
simpleness1440
toyousness1581
triflingnessa1586
triviality1598
pusillage1610
inconsiderableness1646
shrimpishness1651
unsignificancy1659
trivialnessa1687
no great things1776
cobwebbery1837
mereness1909
picayunity1948
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia Pref. Verse Thy abortiue Limbes I rather chose In close concealement from this captious Age To smoother ay, than rashly thus t'expose..thy Pusilage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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