immane

[ ih-meyn ]

/ ɪˈmeɪn /

adjective Archaic.

vast in size; enormous.

inhumanly cruel.

Nearby words

imitative, imitative magic, imittós, immaculate, immaculate conception, immane, immanent, immanentism, immanuel, immaterial, immaterialism

Origin of immane

1595–1605; < Latin immānis brutal, frightful, enormous, equivalent to im- im-² + -mānis, apparently akin to mānus good; see manes

Related forms

im·mane·ly, adverbim·mane·ness, noun

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