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单词 enormous
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enormousadj.

Brit. /ᵻˈnɔːməs/, U.S. /ᵻˈnɔrməs/
Forms: Also 1500s innormous, 1600s inormous.
Etymology: < Latin ēnormis (see enorm adj.) + -ous suffix.
1.
a. Deviating from ordinary rule or type; abnormal, unusual, extraordinary, unfettered by rules; hence, mostly in bad sense, strikingly irregular, monstrous, shocking. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective]
enorm?1518
enormousa1533
enormious1604
exorbitant1607
erratical1646
wanton1743
anormal1812
abnormal1817
freak-storm1898
a1533 J. Frith in Test. W. Tracie (1535) sig. Biiij Soo shall this enormous facte be loked vppon with worthye correction.
1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood in Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. 43 Innumberable enormous Canons & Constitucions of Antichrist.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 168 Whether the appetite be enormous, or too irregular.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 297 Nature here..plaid at will Her Virgin Fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wilde above rule or art; enormous bliss. View more context for this quotation
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 242 Th' enormous Faith of Many made for one.
1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xvi. 370 Entered the choir in a military habit, and other enormous disguises.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 11 Charlemagne..deceived by the spurious constitution..repeats all its absurd and enormous provisions in one of his capitularies.
b. Extending beyond definite limits; redundant. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous
superfluent?1440
superfluous?a1450
superstitiousc1450
superfluec1475
redundant?1577
pleonastical1653
exuberant1667
pleonasmical1693
enormous1704
pluperfect1802
pleonastic1835
1704 I. Newton Opticks i. i. 73 The enormous part of the Light in the Circumference of every lucid Point ought to be less discernable in shorter Telescopes than in longer.
2. Of persons and their actions: Departing from the rule of right, disorderly. Of a state of things: Disordered, irregular. Hence, excessively wicked, flagitious, outrageous. Obsolete.Expressions like ‘enormous wickedness’ are now felt as belonging to sense 3, perhaps with some slight mixture of the older sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]
awlyc1200
grievousa1300
grilla1300
uglya1300
strongc1300
outrageousa1325
heinousc1374
excessive1393
curseda1400
fella1400
misshapenc1400
rankc1400
monstruousc1425
enorm1481
prodigiousc1487
villainous1489
nefand1490
sceleratea1513
monstrous1531
funestal1538
enormious1545
facinorous1548
flagitious1550
dire1567
bonable1575
felonious1575
bomination1589
unvenial?1589
heathenish1592
enormous1593
villainous1598
nameless1611
pitchy1612
funest1636
funestous1641
scarleta1643
nefandous1649
aversable1663
atrocious1669
frightful1700
flagrant1706
atrocea1734
diabolical1750
unspeakable1831
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked
deepOE
blackOE
outrageousa1325
heinousc1374
flagitiousc1384
excessive1393
rankc1400
enorm1481
prodigiousc1487
villainous1489
terriblec1510
sceleratea1513
monstrous1531
enormious1545
facinorous1548
monstruous1562
felonious1575
enormous1593
facinoriousa1616
rounda1638
scarlet1710
facinerose1727
atrocious1772
outraging1895
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 146 Avoyd the companie of such enormous persons.
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. i. 61 Oh Great Corrector of enormous times.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 363 The Popes rapines and enormous proceedings in those dayes.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 83 Constantine..chose Christianity as the onely Religion, that promised impunity and pardon for his enormous practices.
1737 Ld. Hervey Mem. II. 241 Speaking of the enormous behaviour of the City of Edinburgh in this transaction.
1744 S. Johnson Acct. Life R. Savage 121 The enormous Wickedness of making War upon barbarous Nations because they cannot resist.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. vi. 23 Some last, enormous, monstrous deed of guilt.
1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 65 The enormous wickedness with which they abused their victory.
1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 112 The enormous guilt of destroying the city and its inhabitants.
3.
a. Excessive or extraordinary in size, magnitude, or intensity; huge, vast, immense.This is the only current sense, and appears to have influenced the later use of senses 1, 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge
un-i-fohOE
ormeteOE
hugea1275
un-i-feiec1275
infinitec1385
ponderousa1400
hugeful1413
hugyc1420
thrice1470
felon?a1500
hugeousa1529
enormous1544
enormc1560
fell1586
prodigious1601
immensive1604
colossic1607
monumental1632
vast1637
unfathomed1659
colossal1664
ponderose1680
heroic1785
colossian1794
pyramidal1849
astronomical1871
astronomic1923
stratospheric1932
cosmic1935
ginormous1942
galactic1960
mega1968
humongous1970
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge
unmeeteOE
unmeetlyOE
hugea1275
hideousc1330
infinitec1385
unmeasureda1398
unmeasurablec1405
hugyc1420
immeasurable1440
ingentc1450
unmeetlyc1450
giant1480
immense1490
monstrous?a1513
unmeasurely1513
hugeousa1529
unportable1537
enormous1544
enormc1560
giantly1561
immensible1579
rouncival1582
dismeasured1584
vast1585
immeasured1590
gargantuan1596
omnipotent1596
colossian1601
immane1601
prodigious1601
Polyphemian1602
Titanian1603
titanical1603
gigantical1604
immensive1604
gigantine1605
colossic1607
gigantean1611
Gogmagotical1612
gigantal?1614
Babylonian1617
leviathan1625
titanic1628
elephantine1631
gigantive1638
colossean1644
decumanal1652
immensurate1654
gigant1658
decuman1659
colossal1664
abnormous1710
Brobdingnagian1728
Brobdingnag1731
Pantagruelian1737
heroic1785
Patagonian1786
seven-league1787
Titan1793
gigantic1797
seven-leagued1799
mammoth1801
dimensionless1813
tremendous1813
gigantesque1821
monster1837
titanesque1838
monstre1840
giantlike1847
leviathanic1848
pythonic1851
Babylonic1853
supercolossal1871
giantesque1909
behemothian1910
supergiant1919
ginormous1942
big-ass1945
Ozymandian1961
fuck-off1962
mega1968
humongous1970
monstro1970
big-assed1972
big-arsed1996
1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) I iij Paine of the stone is one of ye moste enormous paynes that the body of man is vexed with.
1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis ii. 13 What an inormous strength, bad education hath to deprave and pervert well dispos'd inclinations.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 511 Titan Heav'ns first born With his enormous brood. View more context for this quotation
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 31 The urus..of the large enormous kind of Lithuania.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 20 Worn and wasted with enormous wo.
1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxviii. 421 The line of enormous cracks and fissures.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 190 The fortress of Tangier..was repaired and kept up at an enormous charge.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §2. 11 These avalanches..consist of enormous blocks of ice.
b. Overgrown in power or importance. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]
to-bollenc1175
bolledc1375
bolnedc1380
swollenc1386
blown1483
puffed?a1500
inflate?1504
bellieda1533
bladder-puffed1549
uppuffed1573
huffling1582
swellinga1586
upblown1590
tumorous1603
windy1603
windy-headed1603
huffed1605
flown1606
huff-pufft1608
puff-pasted1610
turgid1620
turgent1621
high-blown1623
tympanous1625
bladdered1633
tympaneda1634
tumoured1635
tympanied1637
enormous1641
over-leaven1648
flatulent1658
tympany-like1658
huffy1677
tumefied1677
blubbered1699
full-blown1699
bloated1731
tympanitical1772
inflated1785
pompholygous1855
overblown1864
forblown-
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 14 Doe wee suffer mis-shapen and enormous Prelatisme..thus to blanch and varnish her deformities?
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. 97 This great princess and her enormous subject.
4. quasi-adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb]
enormous1566
enormouslya1617
abnormally1831
abnormously1851
1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kviij My peoples crymes..Were more innormouse vyle Then Sodom sinne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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