Stupendousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p.
     future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. {Stupid}.]
     Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in
     magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous
     sum." --Macaulay.
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           All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Stu*pen"dous*ly}, adv. --
     {Stu*pen"dous*ness}, n.
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