Large
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large¹
- /lɑːd͡ʒ/ UK
- /lɑɹd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
- /læɹd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).
adjective larger · largest
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
- That is large (the manufactured size).
- Abundant; ample. We have yet large day.
- Full in statement; diffuse; profuse. And where hit please yow to saye that I haue holden my lady youre Quene yeres and wynters / vnto that I shal euer make a large ansuer "And where it please you to say that I have holden my lady your queen years and winters, unto that I shall ever make a large answer"
- Free; unencumbered. Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
- Unrestrained by decorum; said of language. Some large jests he will make.
- Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
Similar: big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish, ample, exceeding, cosmic
noun larges
- An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- Liberality, generosity.
- A thousand dollars/pounds. Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
- One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
- An item labelled or denoted as being that size. One small coffee and two larges, please.
- One who fits an item of that size.
adverb
- Before the wind.
Large²
proper noun Larges
- A surname.
