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eˈnormousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. Divergence from a right moral standard; also in stronger sense, gross wickedness, heinousness; = enormity 2. Obs.
a1631Donne Serm. xvi. 159 Such is the infinitenesse and Enormousnesse of our rebellious Sin. 1667Decay Chr. Piety ii. §5. 210 Those who have not opportunity to examine our faith, see the enormousness of our works.
2. The quality of being excessive in size; vastness, hugeness.
1802C. Wilmot Let. 15 Nov. in Irish Peer (1920) 114 The Gothic Cathedral [at Milan]..is not yet finish'd from the enormousness of the expense. 1885W. C. Russell Strange Voy. II. vii. 110 The enormousness of the ocean. |