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immane

[ ih-meyn ]
/ ɪˈmeɪn /

adjective Archaic.

vast in size; enormous.
inhumanly cruel.

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Origin of immane

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

OTHER WORDS FROM immane

im·mane·ly, adverbim·mane·ness, noun

Words nearby immane

imitative magic, Imitrex, Imittós, immaculate, Immaculate Conception, immane, immanence, immanent, immanentism, Immanuel, immaterial
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