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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hugeness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [çu̟ːd͡ʒ.nɨs]
  • /ˈhjuːd͡ʒ.nəs/
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Etymology

From Middle English hugenesse, equivalent to huge + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) the quality of being huge; immensity.
    • ‘You little trollop, my husband took you in, on a low rent, out of the hugeness of his heart.’ 1999, Sarah Waters, Affinity, Virago Press (2012), page 104:

Forms

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Translations (13)

ga ainmhéid (quality of being huge) · pt imensidade (quality of being huge) · es inmensidad (quality of being huge) · enm hugenesse (quality of being huge) · pt enormidade (quality of being huge) · de Riesenhaftigkeit (quality of being huge) · lv milzīgums (quality of being huge) · de Riesigkeit (quality of being huge) · ja 巨大 (quality of being huge) · lv gigantiskums (quality of being huge) · es enormidad (quality of being huge) · cmn 巨大 (quality of being huge) · es gigantez (quality of being huge)