adj.
- large and heavy or solid.
- exceptionally large, intense, or severe.
- Geology (of rocks or beds) having no discernible form or structure.
▸(of a mineral) not visibly crystalline.
n.
Brit. informal a group of young people from a particular area:
the Bristol massive.
Derivative
- massively adv.
- massiveness n.
Etymology
ME: from Fr. massif, -ive, from OFr. massis, based on L. massa (see mass).