Hypertext Webster Gateway: "biggest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Big \Big\, a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from
Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr.
baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr,
(properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE.
biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]
1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of
great size; large. ``He's too big to go in there.''
--Shak.

2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth
or produce; -- often figuratively.

[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
--Addison.

3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation,
distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a
big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied
to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.

God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer.
Taylor.

Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as,
big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced.

{To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.

I talked big to them at first. --De Foe.

Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Biggest \Big"gest\, a.,
superl. of {Big}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

biggest
adj : greatest in size of those under consideration [syn: {greatest},
{largest}]


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