单词 | enormity |
释义 | enormityn. a. Divergence from a normal standard or type; abnormality, irregularity. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] outrageoustya1425 enormitya1538 extravagancy1651 spuriousness1674 anormality1836 abnormality1850 abnormalism1851 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 57 The partys in proportyon not agreyng..leve much enormyte..in thys polytyke body. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. iii. lxx The strange absurd enormity Of staggering motions in the azure skie. 1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles v. 95 Pure, boundless enormity, then is itself incredible. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > that which is abnormal enormitya1513 abnormity1822 abnormality1847 abnormal1857 deviant1927 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxiiii. f. cxlvi That tyme Clerkes..rode with gylte Spurres with vsynge of dyuerse other enormytees. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxlix. f. lxxixv For his dulnesse and his other Enormytes in hym exercysyd. 1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 26 And yet we can not remedie this enormitie. 1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision ix. Notes 41 The Irregularities and Enormities that appear in the Mundane System. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 250. ⁋1 Enormities in Dress and Behaviour. 1781 J. Moore View Soc. Italy (1790) I. xxxix. 432 Keep the citizens from reflecting on..the enormities of the new form of government. 2. a. Deviation from moral or legal rectitude. In later use influenced by enormous adj. 3: Extreme or monstrous wickedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [noun] monstruosity1402 grievoustyc1410 outrageousnessc1450 enormityc1480 atrocity1534 malignitya1535 monstruousness1545 heinousness1563 monstrousness1574 ugliness1601 enormousnessa1631 monstrosity1639 enormance1682 flagrancy1714 atrociousness1731 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > extreme wickedness villainy?c1225 cursedhead1382 cursednessa1400 grievoustyc1410 enormityc1480 atrocity1534 malignitya1535 heinousness1563 enormousnessa1631 enormance1682 flagitiousness1692 flagrancy1714 atrociousness1731 outrageousness1869 c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 18 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 296 Nothire stekis fra goddis mercy of þe syne þe quantyte, na ȝet of It þe Inormyte. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Repentance ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 537 Our natural uncleanliness and the enormity of our sinful life. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 138 Stained an illustrious name by deeds of peculiar enormity and rigour. 1863 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 171 1836 The protest..against the enormity of that odious system. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxvi. 358 Lecture her two boys on the enormity of telling a fib. b. concrete. A breach of law or morality; a transgression, crime; in later use, a gross and monstrous offence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun] > great enormity1477 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending > a transgression > great or extreme excess14.. enormity1477 scapea1592 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 179 ‘Certes Madame’ sayd yet Iason ‘for these enormytes knowe that I haue left & repudied her.’ 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. x. f. xvi Beware that we fal not agayne into our olde enormyties. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 10 Provided there be but found a colour for these gross enormities. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 24 July 1/1 There are many little Enormities in the World, which our Preachers would be very glad to see removed. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 301 A single look is construed into I know not what enormity. 1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. (1842) I. 28 The enormities of Debi Sing, one of the worst agents of Indian tyranny. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 119 Other enormities Catiline had been guilty of. a. Excess in magnitude; hugeness, vastness. Obsolete; recent examples might perhaps be found, but the use is now regarded as incorrect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > vastness of quantity or amount hugenessc1380 huginess1559 past proportion1609 immenseness1610 vastnessa1640 enormity1792 vastitude1805 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness hugenessc1380 monstruousness1545 huginess1559 immanity1586 immenseness1610 immensity1652 enormity1792 colossality1800 enormousness1802 prodigiousness1832 gianthood1841 titanism1851 hugeousness1859 vastitude1876 jumboesqueness1882 monumentality1884 stupendiosity1912 1792 Munchhausen's Trav. xxii. 93 A worm of proportionable enormity had bored a hole in the shell. 1802 Howard in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 204 Notwithstanding the enormity of its bulk. 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 752 Of the properties of the Peak of Teneriffe accounts are extant which describe its enormity. 1846 T. De Quincey Syst. Heavens in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 572/2 The whitish gleam was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. 1891 N.E.D. at Enormity Mod. ‘“You have no idea of the enormity of my business transactions”, said an eminent Stock Exchange speculator to a friend. He was perhaps nearer the truth than he intended’.] b. concrete. Something enormous. (humorous.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness > that which is Typhon?1592 coloss1597 Titan1611 colossus1646 Patagonian1767 mammoth1824 enormity1825 mastodon1850 prodigiosity1895 tyrannosaurus1957 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 436 This waxen enormity [sc. an enormous taper] was lighted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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