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hel⋅la⋅cious

  [he-ley-shuhs]
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–adjective Slang.
1. remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
2. formidably difficult: We had a hellacious time getting here in the blizzard.
Also, hel⋅la⋅ceous.

Origin:
hell + -acious (extracted from audacious, sagacious, vivacious, etc.), perh. with intensive or aug. force; cf. bodacious, splendacious
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hel·la·cious   (hě-lā'shəs)   
adj.  

  1. Distasteful and repellant: hellacious smog.

  2. Slang Extraordinary; remarkable: a hellacious catch of fish.


[hell + -acious (as in audacious).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
hellacious [hɛlˈeʃəs]

  1. mod.
    terrible. : The heat was hellacious, and the mosquitoes wouldn't leave us alone.
  2. mod.
    wild; excellent. (Use caution with hell.) : What a hellacious good time we had!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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