hugeous en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English hugeous, hygys, equivalent to huge + -eous.
Meanings
- Huge.
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(of a noise or sound) Loud.
He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 47–48:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more hugeous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most hugeous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| hogeous | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |