enormous

adj
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/UK/ɪˈnoɹ.məs/CA/ɪˈnoː.məs/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ēnormis

Definitions

  1. Deviating from the norm

    Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

    • 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. Exceedingly wicked

    Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.

    • how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous.
    • Men would prove wolves and vipers; tigers and dragons mixt in one and the same person to each other. O bless God for this great gift of Princes and Judges to rule the wicked and enormous world and to sway the scepter of righteousness […]
    • Protestant Christian people are largely ignorant or indifferent to the wicked and enormous religious claims of Romanism. As a so-called religious organization, Romanism is not only the foe of Protestantism, but […]
  3. Extremely large

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

    • The enormous Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
    • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enormous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at enormous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at enormous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA