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stupendous

/stuːˈpendəs/stoo-PEN-duhs
/stuˈpɛndəs/stoo-PEN-duhs

Meaningstunning

Common meaning: amazingly large

Journey through time

  1. Latinstupeō‘to be stunned, amazed’
  2. Englishstupendous‘amazingly large’ · today

stup also in: stupidstuporstupefy

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin stupeō ‘to be stunned, amazed’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry stupeō, p. 1769 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • stupeō Latin “to be stunned, amazed”

Related words

stupefystupidstupor

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