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stupendous

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stu⋅pen⋅dous

  [stoo-pen-duhs, styoo-]
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–adjective
1. causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
2. amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information.
Origin:
1965–70; < L stupendus, ger. of stupēre to be stunned; see -ous

Related forms:
stu⋅pen⋅dous⋅ly, adverb
stu⋅pen⋅dous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. extraordinary. 2. colossal, vast, gigantic, prodigious.
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stu·pen·dous   (stōō-pěn'dəs, styōō-)   
adj.  

  1. Of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.

  2. Amazingly large or great; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.


[From Late Latin stupendus, stunning, gerundive of Latin stupēre, to be stunned.]
stu·pen'dous·ly adv., stu·pen'dous·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

stupendous 
1666, earlier stupendious (1547), from L.L. stupendus "to be wondered at," gerundive form of L. stupere "be stunned, be struck senseless" (see stupid).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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