(adj) unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - W.R.Inge, Syn. Brobdingnagian, immense, vast, Example:huge government spending; huge country estates; huge popular demand for higher education; a huge wave; the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains; immense numbers of birds; at vast (or immense) expense; the vast reaches of outer space; the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. [ From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in “Gulliver's Travels.” ] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant.[ Spelt often Brobdignagian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]