outsize
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outsize
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Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English size
English outsize
From out- + size.
noun outsizes
- An unusually large garment size.
adjective
- Of an unusually large size . 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11. ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, fo
- Unintuitively or unexpectedly large. Small changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events.
verb outsizes · outsizing · outsized
- To exceed in size. Mega-ship to outsize seas' reigning Queen.
