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amplitudinous, a.|æmplɪˈtjuːdɪnəs| [f. L. amplitūdin-em (see amplitude) + -ous.] Ample, capacious.
1904Daily Chron. 9 Sept. 4/7 What monsters there be; Huge, amplitudinous, endless, and ravenous, Serpents that people the sea. a1913F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit (1934) v. 38 His gesture was as amplitudinous as his drawl and deep guffaw. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 3 July 547/1 The well-known statuettes of amplitudinous female forms. Hence ampliˈtudinously adv., amply.
1921Joyce Lett. (1957) 164 Struggling with the acidities of Ithaca..to prepare for the final amplitudinously curvilinear episode Penelope. |