bigness

Size.archaiccountableuncountable

• His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet,[…]. When his head is growne out to the full bigneſſe, then he rubbeth of that pyll, and that is called fraying of his head.
• Mine old lord, whiles he liv'd, was so precise, / That he would take exceptions at my buttons, / And, being like pins' heads, blame me for the bigness; / Which made me curate-like in mine attire,

The characteristic of being big.countableuncountable

• It was big—and Babbitt respected bigness in anything; in mountains, jewels, muscles, wealth, or words.