† stupendadj.
Obsolete (poetic in later use).
Stupendous; astonishing, amazing; extraordinarily large or great.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > and amazing
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portentous1553
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stupendous1618
stupend1621
tremendous1813
awesome1838
devastating1889
dizzy1896
doozy1903
staggering1934
eyewatering1950
zonking great1958
stonking1980
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > stunning
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stupendous1618
stupend1621
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stupefactive1689
stupefying1870
reeling1896
drop-dead1962
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. vii. 35 In time of sleepe this faculty is free, & many times conceaues strange, stupend, absurd shapes.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. ii. 314 The Romanes had their publike Bathes, very sumptuous and stupend.
1676 Doctr. of Devils 25 That stupend miracle of Christ's Incarnation.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xix. 122/1 The stupend Variety of Human Faces.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 127 A lobster..of experience so stupend, His claws were blunted at the end, Turning life's iron pages o'er.
Derivatives
stupendly adv. rare
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] > with stunning effect
stupendly1621
stupendiously1629
stupendously1659
stunningly1823
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > amazingly or wonderfully
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awesomely1821
stunningly1823
fabulously1845
devastatingly1905
fantastically1923
dizzyingly1952
staggeringly1976
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. i. 717 The Brittaines are so stupendly superstitious in their ceremonies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
stupendv.
/stjuːˈpɛnd/, /stʃuːˈpɛnd/, U.S. /ˌst(j)uˈpɛnd/ rare.
transitive. To amaze, dumbfound; to stupefy.Originally and chiefly in the works of George Bernard Shaw.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
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stupefy1577
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obstupefy1611
astound1637
petrify1667
flabbergast1773
stagnatea1798
stama1800
swarf1813
boggle1835
razzle-dazzle1886
to knock sideways1890
stupend1900
gobsmack1987
1900 [implied in: G. B. Shaw Let. 27 Jan. (1972) II. 144 It will be some expiation for..informing a stupended public that the verb ‘to scrap’ is unknown in England. (at stupended at Derivatives)].
1927 G. B. Shaw Let. 2 Feb. in To Young Actress (1960) 113 The discovery that you actually wanted me to shew that daub to Charlotte has perfectly stupended me.
2007 electricalaudio.com 10 Mar. (forum post, accessed 17 Sept. 2018) The fact that it [sc. a record] was done in a year stupends me... Very few rock bands have made that big of an artistic leap in such a short period of time.
Derivatives
stuˈpended adj.
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1900 G. B. Shaw Let. 27 Jan. (1972) II. 144 It will be some expiation for..informing a stupended public that the verb ‘to scrap’ is unknown in England.
1904 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Dec. (1972) II. 470 You will be stupended at all meanness in this obvious & cheap retort.
2012 fanfiction.net 13 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) As soon as he saw us, he paused, a stupended look all over his face. ‘What is he doing?’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1621v.1900