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Vinony

bulkiness

noun

  1. largeness of volume (quality of being bulky)
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English bulky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bulkiness From bulky + -ness.

  1. The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.

    “The bulkiness of those commodities which are the chief productions of the soil, necessarily imposes very heavy charges on their transportation, to distant markets.”