huge

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HUGE, adjective 1. Very large or great; enormous; applied to bulk or size; as a huge mountain; a huge ox. 2. It is improperly applied to space and distance, in the sense of great, vast, immense; as a hugh space; a hugh difference. This is inelegant, or rather vulgar. 3. In colloquial language, very great; enormous; as a huge feeder.
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