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stupendous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at Cf {Stupid}.] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as a stupendous pile. ``A stupendous sum.'' --Macaulay. All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ly}, adv -- {Stu*pen"dous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stupendous adj : so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: {colossal}, {prodigious}]
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