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Enormity

Enormity Meaning & Definition
Enormity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Enormity?

[n] an act of extreme wickedness
[n] the quality of extreme wickedness
[n] the quality of being outrageous
[n] (informal) vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Enormity: outrageousness

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See Also | atrocity | enormousness | grandness | greatness | immenseness | immensity | indecency | inhumanity | nefariousness | sizeableness | vastness | vileness | wickedness

Enormity In Webster's Dictionary

\E*nor"mi*ty\, n.; pl. {Enormities}. [L. enormitas, fr. enormis enormous: cf. F. ['e]normit['e]. See {Enormous}.] 1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous. The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De Quincey. 2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity. These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. --South.

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