Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stupendous"
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) 1.7 (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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