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superb
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin superbus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /su?p?b/, /s??p?b/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sju??p??b/, /su??p??b/
- Rhymes: -??(?)b
- Hyphenation: su?perb
Adjective
superb (comparative superber, superlative superbest)
- First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
- (dated) Haughty.
- 1858, Julia Kavanagh, Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2 (p.235):
- A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.
- 1858, Julia Kavanagh, Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2 (p.235):
Synonyms
- excellent
- superlative
Derived terms
- superbly
Translations
Anagrams
- BUPERS, Repubs
German
Alternative forms
- süperb
Etymology
Borrowed from French superbe, from Latin superbus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
superb (not comparable)
- superb
Declension
Further reading
- “superb” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French superbe, from Latin superbus.
Adjective
superb m or n (feminine singular superb?, masculine plural superbi, feminine and neuter plural superbe)
- superb
Declension
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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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