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enormous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ (UK)
• /iˈnoɹ.məs/ (Canada, US)
• /əˈnoː.məs/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɪˈnoː.məs/ (Australia)
• /ɪˈnoɹ.məs/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Latin ēnormis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
   • 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 […]. , New York 2001, p.105
2. (obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
   • Men would prove wolves and vipers; tigers and dragons mixt in one and the same person to each other. O bless God for this great gift of Princes and Judges to rule the wicked and enormous world and to sway the scepter of righteousness […] 1872, James Pillsbury Lane, Historical Sketches of the First Congregational Church, Bristol, R.I., 1689-1872, page 61:
   • Protestant Christian people are largely ignorant or indifferent to the wicked and enormous religious claims of Romanism. As a so-called religious organization, Romanism is not only the foe of Protestantism, but […] 1898, Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension and Saloon Suppression, page 7:
   • how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
3. Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
   • Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office. 2018 May 17, “Corbynomics would change Britain—but not in the way most people think”, in The Economist:
   • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • The enormous Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
   • Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge. 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

Forms

Antonyms

tiny

Deriveds

beautimous · enormousness · hunormous · enormodome · enormously · enormous Lyman-alpha nebula · ginormous · superenormous · enormance

Hyponyms

big · large

Synonyms

Olympian · massive · tremendous · humongous · gigantic · huge

Translations (86)

bg огро́мен (extremely large) · ro gigant (extremely large) · it enorme (extremely large) · sh о̏гро̄ман (extremely large) · km ធំសម្បើម (extremely large) · km សម្បើម (extremely large) · ka უზარმაზარი (extremely large) · mi tuangea (extremely large) · be веліза́рны (extremely large) · ar هَائِل (extremely large) · ru гига́нтский (extremely large) · grc παμμεγέθης (extremely large) · sk ohromný (extremely large) · it vasto (extremely large) · chr ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (extremely large) · pl ogromny (extremely large) · fi valtaisa (extremely large) · fi suunnaton (extremely large) · sei aapa (extremely large) · fi valtava (extremely large) · gl enorme (extremely large) · ar ضَخْم (extremely large) · fr énorme (extremely large) · hu hatalmas (extremely large) · ca enorme (extremely large) · sk obrovský (extremely large) · ka უშველებელი (extremely large) · pl olbrzymi (extremely large) · mt daqsiex (extremely large) · cmn 巨大的 (extremely large) · el τεράστιος (extremely large) · th มหึมา (extremely large) · sl ogromen (extremely large) · cs ohromný (extremely large) · nl enorm (extremely large) · nb diger (extremely large) · la immānis (extremely large) · ka ვებერთელა (extremely large) · eo enorma (extremely large) · ro enorm (extremely large) · cs enormní (extremely large) · ru здорове́нный (extremely large) · nrf ênorme (extremely large) · ga anmhór (extremely large) · ru огро́мный (extremely large) · gd an-mhòr (extremely large) · vi khổng lồ (extremely large) · la ingens (extremely large) · oc enòrme (extremely large) · uz bahaybat (extremely large) · fi jättiläismäinen (extremely large) · it grandissimo (extremely large) · nb enorm (extremely large) · nb gigantisk (extremely large) · ko 거대하다 (extremely large) · es enorme (extremely large) · nl gigantisch (extremely large) · uk здорове́ний (extremely large) · de enorm (extremely large) · it smisurato (extremely large) · lv milzīgs (extremely large) · lv gigantisks (extremely large) · cs obrovský (extremely large) · pl gargantuiczny (extremely large) · ja 巨大な (extremely large) · be вялі́зны (extremely large) · ro uriaș (extremely large) · fi jättimäinen (extremely large) · tr kocaman (extremely large) · fi huikea (extremely large) · pt gigante (extremely large) · ru грома́дный (extremely large) · uk величе́зний (extremely large) · kea jiganti (extremely large) · pl gigantyczny (extremely large) · nb kjempestor (extremely large) · mk огромен (extremely large) · be аграма́дны (extremely large) · sv enorm (extremely large) · be велічэ́зны (extremely large) · de riesig (extremely large) · pt enorme (extremely large) · bg грама́ден (extremely large) · izh suursummain (extremely large) · es ingente (extremely large) · sh ȍgrōman (extremely large)