enormousness
[ih-nawr-muh s-nis]
- very great or abnormal size, bulk, degree, etc.; immensity; hugeness.
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Origin of enormousness
Usage note
See enormity.
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Historical Examples
He had not realized the enormousness of the task of putting a fellow-man out of the world.
Love of LifeJack London
But what is most astonishing about the Tribute is its enormousness.
Beauties and Antiquities of IrelandT. O. Russell
We speak of the enormity of an offence but of the enormousness of a crowd.
Word Study and English GrammarFrederick W. Hamilton
They were silent alike before the enormousness and the enormity of this.
The Magnificent AdventureEmerson Hough
And I thought, too, of the enormousness of their stationery bills.
A Maid of the Kentucky HillsEdwin Carlile Litsey