adj. (colloquial).—A general superlative: cf. AWFUL, BLOODY &c.

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  1771.  G. A. STEVENS, Songs, Comic and Satyrical, ‘Time-Killers.’

        Dear Bragg, Hazard, Loo, and Quadrill,
  Delightful! extatic! IMMENSE.

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  1884.  W. C. RUSSELL, Jack’s Courtship, xxv. ‘What do you think of this, Florence darling?’ I whispered. ‘Is it not IMMENSE?’

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  1888.  Florida Times Union, 8 Feb. The afterpiece is said to be IMMENSE.

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  1889.  Bird o’ Freedom, 7 Aug., p. 1. If you say of a man he is IMMENSE, you pay him a compliment.

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  1891.  Tales from Town Topics, ‘Mimi & Bébé,’ p. 65. The love of twins is phenomenal. It is IMMENSE, pure, and heavenly.

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