great

Scots

[ɡrɛt], [ɡrit]

adj
Definitions
  • great
  • coarse in grain or texture
  • of things thick, bulky, roomy
  • of people big, stout
  • of a river swollen with rain, in flood
  • of the sea high, stormy
  • intimate, friendly

Etymology

Inherited from Old English grēat (big, coarse, great, thick, stour, large, massive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (coarse, big, coarse grained, large, big in size, crude, unrefined, thick, great).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*grautaz

Gloss

coarse, big, coarse grained, large, big in size, crude, unrefined, thick, great

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Kanji

大

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