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Definition of Enormousness
1. Noun. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
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
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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