hulkingadj.
/ˈhʌlkɪŋ/ colloquial.
Bulky, unwieldy; clumsy or ungainly on account of great bulk.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy
unridec1175
un-i-weldec1275
boistous?a1400
cumbrousa1400
roida1450
clubbishc1530
lumpish?1573
bouncing1579
unwieldy1582
boisterous1590
unfeirdyc1590
lumbering1593
cumbersome1594
elephantic1598
elephant-likea1603
moliminous1642
clumpish1681
rhinocerical1689
hulking1699
hulky1785
lumberly1805
elephantine1826
rhinocerial1828
lumbersome1834
clumpy1836
lumbrous1836
hippopotamic1853
hippopotamian1864
megatherial1894
hippopotamine1911
1699 E. Ward London Spy II. ii. 4 Up in the Chimney-Corner sat a great hulking Fellow.
1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 14 You are grown a huge hulking fellow since I saw you last.
1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 98 Rummaging over the two hulking volumes.
1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xvi. 351 He could scarce make himself heard over half the area of his large, hulking chapel.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 108 A great hulking son ought not to be a burden on his parents.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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