Jupiterian in scale
- idiom
- Literature
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de escala jupiteriana
- The new hotel was Jupiterian in scale, dwarfing every other building in the city.
Examples
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Her ambitions are Jupiterian in scale and inspire everyone.
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The sculpture was Jupiterian in scale, stretching across the entire public square.
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Her plans for the festival were Jupiterian in scale, with multiple stages and thousands of guests expected.
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The new skyscraper is truly Jupiterian in scale!
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The new hotel was Jupiterian in scale, dwarfing every other building in the city.
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Her plans for the festival were Jupiterian in scale, with multiple stages and thousands of guests expected.
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The sculpture was Jupiterian in scale, stretching across the entire public square.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
878
1.0
Very large in size
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3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
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4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
30
5.6
Very large in amount or size
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7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
5
3.9
Very large in size or amount
Having a grand, powerful quality like the Roman god Jupiter
Very large and powerful, like a giant
Very large, like something from a story about giants
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines a transparent adjective derived from the planet name ('Jupiterian' = relating to Jupiter) with 'in scale' (referring to size), so a learner who knows 'Jupiter' (and the productive '-ian' adjectival pattern) and 'scale' can infer ‘extremely large, like Jupiter’. Although 'Jupiterian' is rare, the morphological composition and the size comparison are predictable and cross-linguistically accessible, making the meaning derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Jupiterian in scale comes from the planet Jupiter, the biggest planet, and the word scale meaning size. When you call something Jupiterian, you imagine a very large planet, so the phrase means 'extremely large or grand'.