stupendous

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

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 Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.

In classic literature

Synonyms

colossal, prodigious

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