Enormous

//ɪˈnoɹ.məs// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary. obsolete

    "all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind […]."

  2. 2
    Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous. obsolete

    "how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous."

  3. 3
    Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

    "The enormous Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
tremendouscolossalgigantichugeimmensemassive

Example

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"There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto."

Etymology

From Latin ēnormis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.

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