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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ih-nawr-muhs |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnɔr məs |
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Définition of enormous
Origin :- 1530s, from Latin enormis "out of rule, irregular, shapeless, extraordinary, very large," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + norma "rule, norm" (see norm), with English -ous substituted for Latin -is.
- Meaning "extraordinary in size" is attested from 1540s; original sense of "outrageous" is more clearly preserved in enormity. Earlier in same sense was enormyous (mid-15c.). Related: Enormously.
- adj very large
- All sorts of labor is got at enormous rates of compensation.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- The enormous importance of this work will be at once perceived.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
- There was an enormous complacency in his air over the event.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- I absolutely declined to accept or admit the enormous truth hidden in them.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- The profits of these were enormous, and when he died in 1759 he left investments to the extent of 20,000.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- The enormous wealth of the country will soon adjust that phase of the situation.
- Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
- Other enormous sums are collected from those who sell to brewers.
- Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
- The gape of his enormous jaws was nearly as wide as the gateway of the king's palace.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The cabby turned at him his enormous and inflamed countenance truculently.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The intention, evidently, was to swallow us all in the enormous maw of the British navy.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
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