Definition of Grande

1. Adjective. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee at Starbucks; smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces. No coffee vendor other than Starbucks uses "Grande" to mean medium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grande

1. grand [adj GRANDER, GRANDEST] - See also: grand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grande

grandboomers
grandchild
grandchildless
grandchildren
granddad
granddaddies
granddaddy
granddads
granddam
granddams
granddaughter
granddaughter cyst
granddaughters
granddog
granddogs
grande (current term)
grande dame
grande wormwood
grandee
grandees
grandeeship
grandeeships
grander
grandes écoles
grandest
grandeur
grandeurs
grandevity
grandevous
grandfather

Literary usage of Grande

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses Simpson Grant (1885)
"ADVANCE OF THE ARMY—CROSSING THE COLORADO— THE RIO grande. AT last the preparations were complete and orders were issued for the advance to begin on the 8th ..."

2. New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst by William Abraham Bell (1869)
"The Rio grande del Norto.—Mexican Ranches.—The Valley, the Plateaux, ... Visit to coal-fields, eight miles from Albuquerque Belen (on Rio grande) 40 32 ..."

3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"JAGO—CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS Porto Praya—Ribeira grande—Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria—. Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish—St. Paul's Rocks, non-volcanic ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The Governor of Walpi sent to New Mexico for help, and after four appeals a band of Tewa warriors from a pueblo in the upper Eio grande valley went to his ..."

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