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enlargement
UK/ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/Canada, US/ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/Australia/ɪnˈlaːd͡ʒ.mənt/
noun
What it means
- countableuncountableAn act or instance of making something larger.
Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
- countablefigurativelyuncountableA making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337 - countableuncountableAn image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
In a sentence
Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
Where it comes from
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