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enormous(dictionary)

enormous (iou)



enormous adjective. M16.
[from Latin enormis (from e- E- + norma pattern) + -OUS.]
Excessive in size or intensity; very large, huge; very great. M16.
G. S. Fraser Cursor Mundi is an enormous poem of 30,000 lines. A. Thwaite Kingsley went to enormous trouble for the son of his old companion.
b. That has grown too much in power or importance. M17-M18.
Deviating from normality; abnormal, irregular; monstrous, shocking; outrageous, wicked. M16-E19.
enormously adverb E17.
enormousness noun M17.