muchness

Etymology
From, , from , , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Compare also.

Noun

 * 1) Large size or bulk; bigness; size; magnitude (large or small).
 * 2) Greatness in quantity, number, amount, or degree.

Quotations
Three examples from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, all using the phrase the muchness of the business:
 * 1666: the muchness of his business cannot suffer him to mind it, or give him leisure to reflect on anything &mdash; Entry 15 Aug 1666
 * 1667/68: This troubled me so much as, together with the shortness of the time and muchness of the business, did let me be at it till but about ten at night &mdash; Entry 4 March 1667/68
 * 1668/69: my head a little troubled with the muchness of the business I have upon me at present &mdash; Entry 27 March 1668/69

Related terms

 * too-muchness