First Known Use: 1929
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hellacious
adjective hel·la·cious \ˌhe-ˈlā-shəs\
: very difficult, large, or powerful
Full Definition of HELLACIOUS
1
: exceptionally powerful or violent
2
: remarkably good
3
: extremely difficult
4
: extraordinarily large
— hel·la·cious·ly adverb
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Origin of HELLACIOUS
hell + -acious (as in audacious)
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Rhymes with HELLACIOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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