adjective
- forming or consisting of a large mass; big and solid; bulky; ponderous
- larger or greater than normal: a massive dose of medicine
- large and imposing or impressive; of considerable magnitude
- large-scale; extensive: massive retaliation
- Geol.: said of some stratified rocks
- homogeneous in structure, without stratification, foliation, etc.: massive rock formations
- occurring in thick beds, without minor joints and lamination
- Med. heavy and of wide extent: massive hemorrhage
- Mineralogy irregular in form, though occasionally crystalline in internal structure
Origin:
Fr massif, with change of suffix (see -ive), for OFr massiz < VL *massiceus < L massa, mass