enormous
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin ēnormis.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
enormous (comparative more enormous, superlative most enormous)
- (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 [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 105:
- (obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous
- Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
[edit] Synonyms
- massive
- huge
- gigantic
- humongous
- See also Wikisaurus:gigantic
[edit] Translations
extremely large
