Big

big, adj. large or great: pregnant: great in air, mien, or spirit: loud: pompous, esp. 'to talk big,' 'look big.'— adjs. Big-bell′ied , having a big belly; pregnant ( with ); Big′gish , rather big.— ns. Big′ne , bulk, size; Big′wig ( colloq. ), a leading man, a person of some importance. [M. E. big ; origin very obscure—Skeat suggests that it is bilg , the l being dropped, and compares Ice. belgja , to puff out.]