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massive
c.1400, from M.Fr.
massif
(fem.
massiv
) "bulky, solid," from O.Fr.
masse
"lump" (see
mass
(1)).
Massive retaliation
, U.S. Cold War strategy outlined by J.F. Dulles, is from early 1954.
