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 [ih-nawr-muhs-nis]  

e·nor·mous·ness

   [ih-nawr-muhs-nis]
noun
very great or abnormal size, bulk, degree, etc.; immensity; hugeness.
Origin:
1795–1805; enormous + -ness

Can be confused: enormity, enormousness (see usage note at enormity).

Usage note
See enormity.

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enormous (ɪˈnɔːməs)
 
—adj
1.  unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast
2.  archaic extremely wicked; heinous
 
[C16: from Latin ēnormis, from ē- out of, away from + norma rule, pattern]
 
e'normously
 
—adv
 
e'normousness
 
—n

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