(Archaic) greatness of amount or quantity of something
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Muchness Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Greatness; extent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutGreatness; extent.
muchness
\much"ness\, n. greatness; extent. [obs. or colloq.] the quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth. whately.
similar words(1)
much of a muchness
Meaning
Similar - difficult to distinguish.
Origin
Coined by John Vanbrugh in his play The Provok'd Husband (1728).
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.Similar - difficult to distinguish.
Origin
Coined by John Vanbrugh in his play The Provok'd Husband (1728).
Noun
1. greatness of quantity or measure or extent
(hypernym) magnitude
(classification) archaism, archaicism
