Abbhāmatta (adjective) [abbhā + matta (?) according to the Pāli commentary; but more likely = Vedic abhva huge, enormous, monstrous, with ā metri causā . On abhva (a + bhū what is contradictory to anything that is) cf. abbhuta and abbhuṃ, and see Walde, Latin Wtb. under dubius] — monstrous, dreadful, enormous, "of the size of a large cloud" (thus Spk I on S I 205 and Ja III 309) S I 205 = Thag 652 (v.l. abbha° and abbhāmutta) = Ja III 309 (v.l. °mutta).
(adj, adj, comp) as big as a storm-cloud; size of a thundercloud of the size of a cloud Construction: abbhā + matta