outsize

outsize
/owt"suyz'/, n.
1. an uncommon or irregular size, esp. one larger than average.
2. a garment of such a size.
adj.
3. Also, outsized. being unusually or abnormally large, heavy, extensive, etc.: a rack of outsize dresses; an outsize puppy; pampering an outsize ego.
[1835-45; OUT- + SIZE1]

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