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jum·bo

jumbo

pronunciation:: juhm bo
features:: Word History

part of speech:	adjective
definition:	very large. Would you like a regular or a jumbo hamburger? synonyms: enormous, giant, gigantic, huge, mammoth, monstrous, tremendous similar words: big, large
related words:	huge, monstrous

Word History

Jumbo comes from the name of a twelve-foot-tall, six-and-a-half-ton elephant owned by the circus showman, P.T. Barnum. Earlier, it was a slang word for a clumsy person.

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