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Definition of Muchness
1. Noun. Greatness of quantity or measure or extent.
Definition of Muchness
1. n. Greatness; extent.
Definition of Muchness
1. Noun. Large size or bulk; bigness; size; magnitude (large or small). ¹
2. Noun. Greatness in quantity, number, amount, or degree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muchness
1. the quality of being great [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muchness
Literary usage of Muchness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Too much bag (American), needless disquisition, padding, superfluity. There is
a great deal of bag and a strong sense of too-muchness in this tale. ..."
2. My Own Story by Louise Antoinette Marie (1911)
"CHAPTER IV Marriage projects—Much of a muchness—Dom Pedro —My first visit to
Saxony—The Castle of Moritzburg —The Coburg alliance—" Aunt Coffee-Mill"—A ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"< « \vby, friend, thy tap and thy kitchen are much of a muchness. Hast thou no
parlour?" ' " A gentleman ! eh? ..."
4. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney, Charles Rockwell Lanman (1904)
"... which is perhaps not altogether untranslatable : 'according to its muchness.'
We should expect in b rather janan than another ..."
5. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Much of a muchness = much the same. '• But you mustn't go to show me the very wicked
... Much of tt muchness, no better, and perhaps no worse," said Sam. ..."
6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1920)
"... and the moon, and memory, and muchness—you know you say things are ' much of
a muchness'—did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness ! ..."
7. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (2007)
"... and the moon, and memory, and muchness—you know you say things are' much of
a muchness '—did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness ? ..."
8. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1911)
"[the Dormouse] went on: '—that begins with an M, such as mouse-trap, and the
moon, and memory, and muchness, you know you say things are "much of ..."
9. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Too much bag (American), needless disquisition, padding, superfluity. There is
a great deal of bag and a strong sense of too-muchness in this tale. ..."
10. My Own Story by Louise Antoinette Marie (1911)
"CHAPTER IV Marriage projects—Much of a muchness—Dom Pedro —My first visit to
Saxony—The Castle of Moritzburg —The Coburg alliance—" Aunt Coffee-Mill"—A ..."
11. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"< « \vby, friend, thy tap and thy kitchen are much of a muchness. Hast thou no
parlour?" ' " A gentleman ! eh? ..."
12. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney, Charles Rockwell Lanman (1904)
"... which is perhaps not altogether untranslatable : 'according to its muchness.'
We should expect in b rather janan than another ..."
13. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Much of a muchness = much the same. '• But you mustn't go to show me the very wicked
... Much of tt muchness, no better, and perhaps no worse," said Sam. ..."
14. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1920)
"... and the moon, and memory, and muchness—you know you say things are ' much of
a muchness'—did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness ! ..."
15. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (2007)
"... and the moon, and memory, and muchness—you know you say things are' much of
a muchness '—did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness ? ..."
16. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1911)
"[the Dormouse] went on: '—that begins with an M, such as mouse-trap, and the
moon, and memory, and muchness, you know you say things are "much of ..."
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