large

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  • Abundant; ample.
  • Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
  • Free; unencumbered.
  • Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  • 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.

Noun

Adverb

  • Before the wind.

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Origin

  • From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus. Mostly displaced Middle English stoor ("large, great") (from Old English stōr) and muchel (from Old English myċel).

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