big Copy link Outline I. Large, hugeII. Pregnant, full, teemingIII. Boastful • big: I. Large, huge: q. v.: ingens, vastus. II. Pregnant, full, teeming: q. v.: fētus. Phr.: a year b. with the fate of the city, annus fatalis ad hujus urbis interitum, Cic. III. Boastful: q. v. Phr.: to talk b., ampullari, Hor. (with ref. to tumid language); maria montesque polliceri, Sall. (of boastful promises): this man has deceived you by his affected gravity and b. looks, is vos rugis supercilioque decepit, Cic.