tremendous
tre·men·dous
adjective
1.
2.
extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers
- “a fantastic trip to the Orient”
- “the film was fantastic!”
- “a howling success”
- “a marvelous collection of rare books”
- “had a rattling conversation about politics”
- “a tremendous achievement”
Origin
Adapted borrowing of Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”, gerundive of tremō (“to tremble”)) + -ous. Doublet of tremend.
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