Defn: One of the family Formicidæ, or ants.
FORMIDABILITY
For`mi*da*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Formidableness. Walpole.
FORMIDABLE For"mi*da*ble, a. Etym: [L. formidabilis, fr. formidare to fear, dread: cf. F. formidable.]
Defn: 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. Drydn.
Syn. — Dreadful; fearful; terrible; frightful; shocking; horrible; terrific; tremendous.
FORMIDABLENESS
For"mi*da*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread.
Boyle.
FORMIDABLY
For"mi*da*bly, adv.
Defn: In a formidable manner.