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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LITTLENESS

n. 1. Smallness of size or bulk; as the littleness of the body or of an animal.
2. Meanness; want of grandeur; as littleness of conception.
3. Want of dignity. Contemplations on the majesty of God displayed in his works, may awaken in us a sense of our own littleness.
4. Meanness; penuriousness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITTLENESS

LITTLENESS Lit "tle *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

 

Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.

 

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