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Webster 1913 Edition

Huge

Huge

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Huger
;
sup
erl.
Hugest
.]
[OE.
huge
,
hoge
, OF.
ahuge
,
ahoge
.]
Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; – used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.;
as, a
huge
ox; a
huge
space; a
huge
difference.
“The huge confusion.”
Chapman.
“A huge filly.”
Jer. Taylor.
–
Huge′ly
,
adv.
–
Huge′ness
,
Noun.
Syn. – Enormous; gigantic; colossal; immense; prodigious; vast.

Webster 1828 Edition

Huge

HUGE

, a.
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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