Definition of Enormousness

1. Noun. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.

Exact synonyms: Grandness, Greatness, Immenseness, Immensity, Sizeableness, Vastness, Wideness
Generic synonyms: Bigness, Largeness
Specialized synonyms: Enormity
Derivative terms: Enormous, Grand, Grand, Great, Great, Immense, Immense, Sizeable, Sizeable, Vast, Wide, Wide, Wide, Wide

Definition of Enormousness

1. n. The state of being enormous.

Definition of Enormousness

1. Noun. Great size or magnitude. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enormousness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Enormousness

enophile
enophiles
enophthalmia
enophthalmos
enopla
enoplida
enoplida infections
enoptomancy
enoptromancy
enorganic
enorm
enormities
enormity
enormous
enormously
enormousness (current term)
enormousnesses
enorthotrope
enose
enoses
enosimania
enosis
enosises
enostosis
enoteca
enotecas
enough
enough is as good as a feast
enough is enough
enough to choke a horse

Literary usage of Enormousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"22 Apr. 1954 But what about enormousness? It has simply never been a very popular word. It developed in the 17th century, later than enormity, ..."

2. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a by John Franklin Genung (1898)
"Enormity, to be distinguished from enormousness. enormousness refers to great size ; enormity generally carries with this meaning the idea of something ..."

3. Handbook of Business English by George Burton Hotchkiss, Edward Jones Kilduff (1920)
"Enormity has reference to moral quality; enormousness to size. ... Right: The enormousness of the undertaking did not affect them. ..."

4. Composition and Rhetoric for Schools by Robert Herrick (1902)
"Enormity, enormousness: The enormousness of this prince's wealth was equaled only by the enormity of ... ("Enormity" is "enormousness" in a bad sense.) 13. ..."

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