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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Extremely large; enormous.

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  • adjective informal Of an extremely large size.

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  • adjective (used informally) very large

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps blend of huge and monstrous or tremendous.]

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From huge + monstrous

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