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broadness

noun

In Latin: lātitūdō, pinguitūdō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about broadness at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The property of being wide; having great width.

Origin

From Middle English brodnes (also as brednysse), from Old English brādnes, brǣdnys (“breadth, greatness, extent, surface; liberality”), equivalent to broad + -ness.

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