stupendous
Meaning
- Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
- Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
Synonyms
enormous
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stuˈpɛndəs/
Etymology
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 Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.
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