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stupendous, a.|stjʊˈpɛndəs|
[f. L. stupend-us ‘that is to be wondered at, amazing’, gerundive of stupēre to be struck senseless, be amazed at: see -ous.]
Such as to cause stupor or astonishment; amazing, astounding; marvellous, prodigious; amazingly large or great (now freq. in trivial use).
1666Pepys Diary 21 May, It is stupendous to see how favourably..my Lord Ashly carries himself to Mr. Yeabsly. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. i. iii. 22 The strength of these Anakims was stupendous. 1697Dryden æneis ix. 705 There stood a Tow'r..of stupendous height. 1732Pope Ess. Man i. 267 All are but parts of one stupendous whole. 1798S. Lee Canterb. T., Young Lady's T. II. 412 They reached the foot of that stupendous natural barrier, the Alps. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. x. 261 The man who thinks to outwit three women, who are aware of his purpose, must indeed be a stupendous ass. 1863M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd iii, The young officer laughed aloud at the stupendous joke. 1892E. Dowson Let. in N. & Q. (1962) Mar. 102/1, I have become the victim of the most stupendous cold which has ever occurred to me, & fear that I shall spend tomorrow in bed. 1914Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 135 He is apt to attribute to his opponents stupendous oversights and elementary misunderstandings. 1939Airman's Gazette Dec., All aircraft off duty being allowed to..view the stupendous, side-splitting entertainment. 1942E. Paul Narrow St. ii. 15 The marc was undiluted—stupendous, in fact. 1959C. L. Wrenn Word & Symbol (1967) 35 That stupendous scholar, Max Förster.
Hence stuˈpendously adv., stuˈpendousness.
1712Stupendously [see stupendiously, quot. 1662]. 1727Bailey vol. II, Stupendousness, Astonishingness. 1742Lond. & Country Brew. i. (ed. 4) 37, I have known some of the little Victualling Brewers, so stupendously ignorant, that [etc.]. 1743J. Ellis Knowl. Div. Things 219 Those very Works, which, from their Stupendousness, should have taught them the Greatness of the former. 1814J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) 7 Oct., Be..sure to make it [a column] stupendously high. 1848Dickens Dombey i, Her nose, stupendously aquiline. 1890Voice (N.Y.) 17 July, This generation so familiar with stupendousness of all kinds. |