Hypertext Webster Gateway: "greatness"

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

Greatness \Great"ness\, n. [AS. gre['a]tnes.]
1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as,
greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

2. Pride; haughtiness. [Obs.]

It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not
aboard your ships. --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

greatness
n 1: the property possessed by something or someone of
outstanding importance
2: unusual largeness in size or extent [syn: {enormousness}, {grandness},
{immenseness}, {immensity}, {sizeableness}, {vastness}]


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