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hugeous, a. (adv.)|ˈhjuːdʒəs| [f. huge a. + -ous.] = huge.
a1529Skelton Ware the Hauke 48 He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry. 1555Eden Decades To Rdr. (Arb.) 49 The hugious heapes of stones of the Pyramides of Egypt. 1656Davenant Siege Rhodes i. (1673) 27 Then the hug'ous great Turk Came to make us more work. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) VI. liii. 342 They should all have taken it as a hugeous favour. 1826Scott Woodst. xiv, My master is close by..beside the hugeous oak. 1885Dobson Sign of Lyre 125 The Squire in transport slapped his knee At this most hugeous pleasantry. †b. as adv. Hugely, immensely. Obs.
1673Wycherley Gentlem. Dancing-Master iv. Wks. (Rtldg.) 56/2, I am hugeous glad. Hence ˈhugeously adv., hugely; ˈhugeousness, hugeness.
a1643W. Cartwright Ordinary iii. v, I love these ballads hugeously. 1752Fielding Amelia Wks. 1775 X. 75 My mind misgives me hugeously. 1785S. Fielding Ophelia II. vi, He will have fretted hugeously. 1859G. Meredith R. Feverel xxi, His hugeousness seemed to increase. |