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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | formidabilis, from formido 'fear' |
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for‧mi‧da‧ble
1 very powerful or impressive, and often frightening : The building is grey, formidable, not at all picturesque. The new range of computers have formidable processing power.
The building is grey, formidable, not at all picturesque.The new range of computers have formidable processing power.2 difficult to deal with and needing a lot of effort or skill
—formidably adverb
