enormousness

English

Etymology

From enormous +‎ -ness.

Noun

enormousness (uncountable)

1. Great size or magnitude.
   • 1987 November 20, Vincent Canby, “Film: 'Last Emperor,' an Epic”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     "The Last Emperor," written by Mark Peploe "with" (as the credits say) Mr. Bertolucci, may have been inhibited by the enormousness of its subject, and even by the apparently enthusiastic support of China, which acted as host to Mr. Bertolucci, his cast and production crew.

   • 2024 September 17, Lauren DePino, “I Sang at Hundreds of Funerals. This Is What I Learned About Grief.”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[2]:

     I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.

Related terms

• enormity
• enormous

Translations

great size

• Arabic: ضَخَامَة (ḍaḵāma)
• German: Riesigkeit f
• Hebrew: עֲנָקִיוּת (he) f
• Latvian: milzīgums m, gigantiskums m
• Portuguese: enormidade f