Tremendous Definition
trĭ-mĕndəs
adjective
Very large; great; enormous.
Webster's New World
Very great in scope or importance.
Tremendous influence.
American Heritage
Such as to make one tremble; terrifying; dreadful.
Webster's New World
Remarkable; outstanding.
What a tremendous example you have set.
American Heritage
Wonderful, amazing, extraordinary, etc.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Tremendous
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From Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible"), gerund form of tremere (“to tremble"), from Ancient Greek τρέμω (tremo)
From Wiktionary
From Latin tremendus gerundive of tremere to tremble
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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