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faramineux

/fa.ʁa.mi.nø/

adjective/fa.ʁa.mi.nø/

colossal, staggering, incredible

une quantité faramineusea colossal amount

Synonyms: mirobolant, exorbitant, stupéfiant

Related: faramineusement

From Old French faramineux (“verminous”), referring to a "bête faramine", a wondrous beast of Breton legend, from faramine (“vermine,harmful animal”), from Vulgar Latin feramen, ultimately from Latin fera (“beast, wild animal”).