enormous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin ēnormis.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈnɔːməs/
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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)məs

[edit] Adjective

enormous (comparative more enormous, superlative most enormous)

1. (obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 105:

     all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind [...].

2. (obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous
3. Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:gigantic

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of emnoorsu
• nemorous