enormous

English

Etymology

From Latin ēnormis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈnɔː(ɹ)məs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məs

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.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:

     how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous.

3. Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

Synonyms

• massive
• huge
• gigantic
• humongous
• See also Wikisaurus:gigantic

Translations

extremely large

• Bulgarian: грамаден (bg) (gramáden), огромен (bg) (ogrómen)
• Catalan: enorme
• Cherokee: ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (chr) (ugodidi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨大 (cmn) (jùdà)

• Czech: obrovský (cs) m
• Dutch: enorm (nl), gigantisch (nl)
• Esperanto: enorma (eo)
• French: énorme (fr)

• Japanese: 巨大な (ja) (きょだいな, kyodai na)
• Jèrriais: ênorme m and f
• Novial: enormi
• Romanian: enorm (ro), uriaș (ro), gigant (ro) m and n
• Russian: огромный (ru) (ogrómnyj), громадный (ru) (gromádnyj), гигантский (ru) (gigántskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: an-mhòr (gd)
• Seri: aapa
• Spanish: enorme (es)
• Thai: มหึมา (th)

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