Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRE-MEN'DOUS
TRE-MEN'DOUS, a. [L. tremendus, from tremo, to tremble.]
- Such as may excite fear or terror; terrible; dreadful. Hence,
- Violent; such as may astonish by its force and violence; as, a tremendous wind; tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall; a tremendous noise.
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