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huge
English
Etymology
From Middle English huge, from Old French ahuge (“high, lofty, great, large, huge”), from a hoge (“at height”), from a (“at, to”) + hoge (“a hill, height”), from Frankish *haug, *houg (“height, hill”) or Old Norse haugr (“hill”); both from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“hill, mound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowkós (“hill, mound”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewk-. Akin to Old High German houg (“mound”) (compare related German Hügel (“hill”)), Old Norse haugr (“mound”), Lithuanian ka?karas (“hill”), Old High German h?h (“high”) (whence German hoch), Old English h?ah (“high”). More at high.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /hju?d??/, [çu??d??]
- (US)
- (NYC, some other US dialects) IPA(key): /ju?d?/
- (Norfolk) IPA(key): [h?ud?]
Adjective
huge (comparative huger, superlative hugest)
- Very large.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, […] the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”
- (slang) Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.
Synonyms
- (very large): colossal, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast.
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
Antonyms
- (very large): tiny, small, minuscule, midget, dwarf
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- huge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- huge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- e-hug, eugh, gehu
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hoige, houge, hugge, hoge, hogge, hoege, heug, heuge, hogh
Etymology
From Old French ahuge, a form of ahoge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hiu?d?(?)/
Adjective
huge
- huge, large, enormous
- great, severe, excessive, prominent
- numerous, plentiful
Descendants
- English: huge
- Scots: huge, hudge
References
- “h??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Adverb
huge
- hugely, greatly
References
- “h??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Middle French
Noun
huge f (plural huges)
- market stall
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wast
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was +? -est.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Verb
wast
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of be; wert.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
- "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."
- 1611, The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version, (first & last usages),
- Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
- Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."
- 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 97-99
- Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!
- Yea, one wast thou with me
- That once of old.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
Noun
wast (plural wasts)
- Obsolete form of waist.
See also
References
- “wast”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “wast” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, taws, wats
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
- IPA(key): /??st/
Verb
wast
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of wassen
- (archaic) plural imperative of wassen
Gothic
Romanization
wast
- Romanization of ????????????????
Middle English
Etymology
From was +? -est; partially replacing earlier were.
Verb
wast
- (Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been
Descendants
- English: wast (obsolete)
Old French
Noun
wast m (oblique plural waz or watz, nominative singular waz or watz, nominative plural wast)
- Alternative form of gast
Scots
Etymology
Scots form of English west.
Adverb
wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)
- west
- back, sideways; upstream
Preposition
wast
- west
- over, across
- She wis walkin wast the road. - She was walking across the road.
Adjective
wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)
- west
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