burlinessn.
/ˈbəːlɪnɪs/ Burly state; fullness of figure; stoutness, bigness.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and solidity
massedness1495
massiveness1530
massiness1559
mass1604
burliness1612
stoutness1845
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. 119 Into a lesser roomth thy burlinesse to bring.
1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. xi. 236 In the rest of his face..a kind of bloated prominence, or rather burliness.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 143 Who shall tell..the pitchy burliness of their bulging sides.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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