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out·size

(out′sīz′)

1. An unusual size, especially a very large size.

2. A garment of unusual size.

adj. also out·sized (-sīzd′)

Unusually large, weighty, or extensive.

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Adj.

outsized - larger than normal for its kind

outsize, oversize, oversized

big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

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outsized

[ˈaʊtˌsaɪzd] adj → enorme, gigantesco/a

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