hudge
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Noun
[edit]hudge (plural hudges)
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hudge
- Obsolete spelling of huge.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, London: Cutbert Burby, [Act I, Scene 1],[1]
- the hudge armie of the worldes desires
- 1689, William Jameson, chapter 4, in Verus Patroclus[2], Edinburgh, page 172:
- O hudge madness!
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, London: Cutbert Burby, [Act I, Scene 1],[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Hudge”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.