writ large
Betekenis (Engels)
- (figuratively) On a large scale; magnified.
- (figuratively) Readily discerned, unmistakably indicated; clear, obvious.
- (figuratively) in general
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɹɪt ˈlɑːd͡ʒ/
Etimologie (Engels)
From writ (“(archaic) written”) + large, from the poem “On the New Forces of Conscience under the Long Parliament” in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions (1673) by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674): “New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ large”; Milton was using the phrase in the sense “written more completely”.
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