HUGE
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”)),
Lithuanian kaũkaras (“hill”),
Old High German hōh (“high”) (whence German hoch),*
Old English hēah* (“high”). More at high.
Adjective
huge (comparative huger, superlative hugest)
Both of my parents are huge supporters of animal rights.
- (informal) Very interesting, significant or popular.
The band's next album is going to be huge.
In our league our coach is huge!
Synonyms
- (very large): colossal, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast.
- See also Thesaurus:large