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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
huge
 
PRONUNCIATION:  hyj
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: hug·er, hug·est
1. Of exceedingly great size, extent, or quantity. See synonyms at enormous. 2. Of exceedingly great scope or nature: the huge influence of the Hellenic world.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French ahuge.
OTHER FORMS:hugely —ADVERB
hugeness —NOUN
 
 
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