a. Obs. [irreg. f. L. stupendus (see STUPENDOUS), after adjs. in -uous: cf. tremenduous.] Stupendous.
1736. Mrs. Manley’s Secret Mem., III. 17. Horatio, named immortal from his stupenduous [ed. 1720 III. 15 stupendous] Conquests in Iberia.
1760–72. H. Brooke, Fool of Qual. (1792), III. 241. Travellers … are apt to enquire by whom the stupenduous pile was erected.
1794. Morse, Amer. Geog. (1796), II. 12. A torrent, precipitating itself from stupenduous rocks.
