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huge

[hyooj or, often, yooj]
–adjective, hug⋅er, hug⋅est.
1. extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
2. of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless: the huge genius of Mozart.

Origin:
1225–75; ME huge, hoge < OF ahuge, ahoge enormous, equiv. to a- a- 5 + hoge height < Gmc; cf. ON haugr hill (see high )


hugely, adverb
hugeness, noun


1. mammoth, gigantic, colossal; vast; stupendous; bulky. Huge, enormous, immense, tremendous imply great magnitude. Huge implies massiveness, bulkiness, or even shapelessness: a huge mass of rock; a huge collection of antiques. Enormous, literally out of the norm, applies to what exceeds in extent, magnitude, or degree, a norm or standard: an enormous iceberg. Tremendous, in informal use, applies to anything so huge as to be astonishing or to inspire awe: a tremendous amount of equipment. Immense, literally not measurable, is particularly applicable to what is exceedingly great, without reference to a standard: immense buildings. All are used figuratively: a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy.


1. small, tiny, diminutive.


See human.
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huge   (hyōōj)   
adj.   hug·er, hug·est
  1. Of exceedingly great size, extent, or quantity. See Synonyms at enormous.

  2. Of exceedingly great scope or nature: the huge influence of the Hellenic world.


[Middle English, from Old French ahuge.]
huge'ly adv., huge'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

huge 
c.1150, apparently aphetic of O.Fr. ahuge "extremely large," of uncertain origin. Expanded form hugeous is attested from 1529.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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