ginormous
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Blend of gigantic and enormous
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)məs
[edit] Adjective
ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)
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- (humorous) Very large.
- The Blue Whale is a ginormous mammal!
- He drove up in a ginormous stretch limo!
- My stomach is bursting from that ginormous burrito.
[edit] Quotations
- 1986 Jazz (Autobot) - Transformers The Movie.
- "This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron."
- 1988 Andrew Radford - Transformational Grammar: A First Course
- when new Adjectives are created (e.g. ginormous concocted out of gigantic and enormous) then the corresponding Adverb form (in this case ginormously) can also be used.
- 1999 Gabrielle Charbonnet: Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 page 20
- Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:gigantic
[edit] Translations
very large
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