大の~ (great / huge enthusiast or hater)

The intensifier 大の attached prenominally to fan/hater nouns or ~好き / ~嫌い compounds, expressing 'a great / huge X': 大の犬好き ('a huge dog lover'), 大のサッカーファン ('a huge soccer fan'), 大の犬嫌い ('really hates dogs'). The の is an essential part of this frame — different from the 大~ noun-prefix (大成功).