Of the three named paronyms, the oldest is the adjective massive. For the first time, this word was officially registered almost two hundred years ago (in 1804) in the New Word interpreter and. Yanovsky. Over the years, the meaning of this adjective has practically not changed, and in its interpretation by modern dictionaries there are, in fact, only stylistic differences. Apart from the particulars, the meaning of this word, along with its lexical connotation, can be formulated as follows:: "Heavy, big; large, heavy (about a person, animal, or some other animal). body parts". The first part of the interpretation of the word massive ("heavy, large") refers to inanimate nouns such as building, structure, structure, cathedral, temple, ship, ferry, tank, gun, car, machine tool, door, gate, furniture, sofa, wardrobe, sideboard, chest of drawers, chair, bed, pedestal, frying pan, inkwell, sole, jewelry, necklace, The second part of the interpretation ("big, heavy") applies to the nouns man, weightlifter, wrestler, figure, body, elephant, bison, bull; head, chest, chin, jaws, arms, legs, paws and some others. Let's illustrate the use of the paronym massive with quotes from modern fiction and periodicals: "I went into the gloomy entrance, walked up to the second floor and stopped at the massive door" (A. Kivinov. Lack of proof); "He (Tvardovsky) was sitting at a large table with massive curbstones..." (V. Lakshin. Tvardovsky in Novy Mir); "They (Scorpio women) like massive jewelry and real jewelry" (Home Hearth. 1999. May); "A massive silver ring glittered on Anton's hand" (P. Dashkova. No one will cry); "The entrance to the restaurant was blocked by a massive figure of a servant in a jacket with gold edging and a uniform cap..." (Yu. Nagibin. Peak of luck); "On one side lay the massive jaw of a wild donkey that lived in those distant times in the vast steppe expanses "(Sat. "Age of Knowledge"). The massive paronym was first mentioned in Ushakov's Dictionary in 1938 (thoug ... Read more