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stupendous

stu·pen·dous

UK/stjuˈpɛndəs/ US/stuˈpɛndəs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

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”
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Origin

First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.

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