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hugy

hugy adjective: huge; vast.

Adjective

hugy (comparative hugier or more hugy, superlative hugiest or most hugy)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, humorous) Huge; vast.
    • Your threefold armie and my hugie hoſte,
      Shall ſwallow vp theſe baſe borne Perſeans.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • His hugy bulk on sev'n high volumes roll'd;
      Blue was his breadth of back, but streak'd with scaly gold.1773, John Dryden, Original poems by John Dryden, Esq., volume 6, page 146

Forms of hugy

comparativehugier
comparativemore hugy
superlativehugiest
superlativemost hugy
alternative form (dialectal)howgy

Origin of hugy

From Middle English hugy, hogy, equivalent to huge + -y.

Questions about hugy

What does hugy mean?
Hugy means huge; vast.
What part of speech is hugy?
Hugy is an adjective.

Words near hugy in the dictionary

  1. Huguenotic
  2. Huguenotism
  3. Huguenots
  4. Huguley
  5. Huguleys
  6. hugy
  7. huh
  8. huh-uh
  9. Huhehaote
  10. Huhehot
  11. Huhhot

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