English Explanatory Dictionary

littleness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property of being little, smallness.
  2. Smallness of spirit; pettiness.

Word forms

littleness littlenesses

Etymology

From Middle English litelnes, litelnesse, from Old English lytelnysse, lȳtelnes, equivalent to little + -ness.

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