Hugest


[hyooj or, often, yooj] /hyudʒ or, often, yudʒ/

adjective, huger, hugest.
1.
extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent:
a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
2.
of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless:
the huge genius of Mozart.
3.
Slang. very important, successful, popular, etc.:
The show is huge in Britain.
/hjuːdʒ/
adjective
1.
extremely large in size, amount, or scope Archaic form hugeous
adj.

mid-12c., apparently a shortening of Old French ahuge, ahoge “extremely large, enormous; mighty, powerful,” itself of uncertain origin. Expanded form hugeous is attested from early 15c. Related: Hugeness.

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