ginormous

English

Etymology

Blend of gigantic +‎ enormous

Merriam-Webster traces ginormous back to 1948, when it appeared in a British dictionary of military slang.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dʒaɪˈnɔː(ɹ)məs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məs

Adjective

ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

(informal) Very large.
- 1986, Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie
  “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”
- 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.
- 2003, Buddy The Elf, Elf The Movie
  “Have you seen these toilets? They’re ginormous!”

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

ginormously
ginormousness

Translations

very large

French: gigantesque (fr), méga (fr)
German: gigantisch (de), riesig (de), elefantös (de) (colloquial, humorous)
Italian: enorme (it)

Portuguese: ginorme
Spanish: descomunal

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