adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Huge.
2. 2
   Loud.

   "He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry."

Example

More examples

"He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry."

Etymology

From Middle English hugeous, hygys, equivalent to huge + -eous.

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