For"mi*da*ble (?), a. [L.
formidabilis, fr. formidare to fear, dread: cf. F.
formidable.] Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing
dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or
undertaking; alarming.
They seemed to fear the formodable
sight.
Dryden.
I swell my preface into a volume, and make it
formidable, when you see so many pages behind.