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unlittle en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English unlitel, unnlitell, from Old English unlȳtel, unlytel (“not little, large, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *unlutil (“not little”), equivalent to un- + little. Cognate with Old High German unluzzil (“excessive, inordinate”), Old Norse úlítill (“not little”).

Meanings

  1. Not little.
    • And so their little private lists of links became a rather unlittle shared list of links which they christened (gotta call it something) “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web.” 1997, Robert Reid, Architects of the Web, page 249:
    • “And you're unlittle,” chimed Tira. “Very unlittle.” 2020, Matthew S. Cox, The Cursed Codex:

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most unlittle Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unlittle Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

large · great · big