hudge
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Noun
hudge (plural hudges)
Etymology 2
Adjective
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
- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Hudge”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.