massive


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
massive/ˈmasɪv/
adjective
  • 1 large and heavy or solid.
  • 2 exceptionally large, intense, or severe.
  • 3 Geology (of rocks or beds) having no discernible form or structure.

    ■ (of a mineral) not visibly crystalline.

noun Brit. informal a group of young people from a particular area: the Bristol massive.
– derivatives
massively adverb,
massiveness noun.
– origin ME: from Fr. massif, -ive, from OFr. massis, based on L. massa (see mass).
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