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enormousness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English enormous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English enormousness From enormous + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Great size or magnitude.
    • I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight. 2024 September 17, Lauren DePino, “I Sang at Hundreds of Funerals. This Is What I Learned About Grief.”, in The New York Times Magazine:
    • "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. 1987 November 20, Vincent Canby, “Film: 'Last Emperor,' an Epic”, in The New York Times:

Relateds

enormity · enormous

Translations (6)

ar ضَخَامَة (great size) · he עֲנָקִיוּת (great size) · lv gigantiskums (great size) · pt enormidade (great size) · lv milzīgums (great size) · de Riesigkeit (great size)