Mutt and Jeff

Mutt and Jeff is an American newspaper comic strips created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907. It is commonly regarded as the first daily comic strip. The concept of a newspaper strip featuring recurring characters in multiple panels on a six-day-a-week schedule had previously been pioneered through the short-lived A Piker Clerk by Clare Briggs, but it was Mutt and Jeff as the first successful daily comic strip that staked out the direction of the future trend.

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Indo-European languages:

-Hellenic languages:

Greek: μεγάλο / μικρό

-Germanic languages:

German: Groß / klein

Deutsch: Groot / klein

English: Large / Small

-North Germanic languages:

Danish: Stor / lille

Swedish: Stor / liten

Norwegian: Stor / liten

-Slavic lenguages:

Russian: Большой / маленький

Bulgarian: Големи / малки

-Baltic languages:

Lithuanian: didelis / mažas

-Indo-Iranian languages:
Hindi: बड़े / छोटे
-Romance languages:

Italian: Grande / Piccolo

Franch: Grande / Petit

Spanish: Grande / Pequeno

Portuguese: Grande / Pequeno

Romanian: Mari / Mici

In the biggest part of Romance languages, the ethimology of the word "grande" begin from latin. Latin: grandis
grandis, grandis grande
agg. II cl.|adj. II cl.|adj. II cl.
grandis natu old (adj.)
large, big (adj.)
extended (adj.)
In all Romances Languages "grande" from the latin word "grandis" has the same meaning:

Large = Grande

1. A big, big, large.

2. (about a person) growth, developed, high.

3. adult, elderly, old.

4. (about a space) large, spacious, extended.

5. (about force) strong, powerful, violent.

6. (obout a thing, a person or act) grand, important, extraordinary, significant.

7. (about style and orator) sublime, elevated, solemn.

8. great things, lofty concepts, high subjects.

While the ethimology of the adjective "small" in the most part of Romance Languages take is origin from celtic-gaelic word "picc<pitt<pett"

Small = Piccolo, Petit, Pequeno, Pequenas

     1.(about a thing or a person, quantity, power, intensity) less than the ordinary measure.

ex. a small head, a small group of followers, he lives in a small apartment.

     2. (about stature or size) which is smaller than one thing of the same species.

ex. a small man, a small dog.

     3. of a few years.

     4. Petty

     5. baby, child.

     6. Poppy of an animal.

     7. In particular, something that is much less than assumed as an implicit standars of comparison.

ex. the small industrial area, the small screen (an expression used for the first time in 1957 by Popo Pius XII to indicate the television and its programs.)

     8. by extension, poor, small.

     9. to have a small sum, short-lived: a short break

Semitic-Afroasiatic languages:

-Hebrew: גדול / קטן

-Aramenian: մեծ / փոքր

-Arabic: كبير/  صغير

Sino-Tibetan languages:

-Chinese:  小 / 大

Japonic Languages:

-Japanese: 大 / 小

LARGE

adjective, larg -er, larg -est, noun, adverb

-adjective

1. of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.

2. on a great scale: a large producer of kitchen equipment.

3. of great scope or range; extensive; broad.

4. grand or pompous: a man given to large, bombastic talk.

5. (of a map, model, etc.) representing the features of the original with features of its own that are relatively large so that great detail may be shown.

6. famous; successful; important: He's very large in financial circles.

7. Obsolete. generous; bountiful; lavish.

8. Obsolete.

a. unrestrained in the use of language; gross; improper.

b. unrestrained in behavior or manner; uninhibited.

9. Nautical. free.

-noun

10. Music. the longest note in mensural notation.

11. Obsolete. generosity; bounty.

-adverb

12. Nautical . with the wind free or abaft the beam so that all sails draw fully.

-Idioms

13. at large,

a. free from restraint or confinement; at liberty:

ex. The murderer is still at large.

b. to a considerable extent; at length:

ex. to treat a subject at large.

c. as a whole; in general:

ex. the country at large

d. at-large. Representing the whole of the state, district, or body rather than division or parte of it

ex. a delegate at large

in large, on a large scale; from a broad point of view:

ex. a problem seen in large.

-Origin:

XII sec. larga, fem. of largus ample, generous

-Related forms

largeness, noun

o-ver-large, adjective

ul-tra-large, adjective

un-large, adjective

-Synonyms

1. huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, colossal; massive; vast.

-Antonym 
          1. small

SMALL

adjective,-er, -est, adverb,-er, -est, noun 
-adjective 

1. of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little:

ex. a small box.

2. slender, thin, or narrow:

ex. a small waist.

3. not large as compared with others of the same kind:

ex. a small elephant.

4. (of letters) lower-case (def. 1).

         5. not great in amount, degree, extent, duration, value, etc.:

ex. a. small salary.

6. not great numerically:

ex. a. small army.

7. of low numerical value; denoted by a low number.

8. having but little land, capital, power, influence, etc., or carrying on business or some activity on a limited scale:

ex. a. small enterprise.

9. of minor importance, moment, weight, or consequence:

ex. a. small problem.

10. humble, modest, or unpretentious:

ex. small circumstances.

11. characterized by or indicative of littleness of mind or character; mean-spirited; petty:

ex. a. small, miserly man.

12. of little strength or force:

ex. a. small effort.

13. (of sound or the voice) gentle; with little volume.

14. very young:

ex. when I was a small boy.

15. diluted; weak.

-adverb

16. in a small manner:

ex. They talked big but lived small.

17. into small pieces:

ex. Slice the cake small.

18. in low tones; softly.

-noun

19. something that is small:

ex. Do you prefer the small or the large?

20. a small or narrow part, as of the back.

21. those who are small:

ex. Democracy benefits the great and the small.

22. smalls, small goods or products.  

-Idiom

26. feel small, to be ashamed or mortified:

ex. Her unselfishness made me feel small.

-Origin:

bef. 900; s. male (adj., n., and adv.)

-Related forms

smallness, noun

ul-tra-small, adjective

-Synonyms

1. tiny, little

2. Smaller, less indicate a diminution, or not so large a size or quantity in some respect. Smaller, as applied to concrete objects, is used with reference to size:

ex. smaller apples.

3. Less is used of material in bulk, with reference to amount, and in cases where attributes such as value and degree are in question:

ex. A nickel is less than a dime (in value). A sergeant is less than a lieutenant (in rank).

4. As an abstraction, amount may be either smaller or less, though smaller is usually used when the idea of size is suggested:

ex. a smaller opportunity.

5. Less is used when the idea of quantity is present:

ex. less courage.

6. trifling, petty, unimportant, minor, secondary, nugatory, inconsequential, paltry, insignificant.

7. small-minded, narrow-minded, mean, selfish, narrow.

8. feeble.

-Antonyms

1. large, big.