immane
Americanadjective
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vast in size; enormous.
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inhumanly cruel.
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Etymology
Origin of immane
1595–1605; < Latin immānis brutal, frightful, enormous, equivalent to im- im- 2 + -mānis, apparently akin to mānus good; see manes
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There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars!
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2011
That is the Hunnenschlacht; ‘a battle,’ as Jornandes calls it, ‘atrox, multiplex, immane, pertinax.’
From Roman and the Teuton by Kingsley, Charles
Nam post Insulam Vaigats et Noua Zembla continuò ingens sequitur Sinus, quem ab ortu Tabin immane promontorium complectitur.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 by Hakluyt, Richard
Thus Statius: Ditantur flammæ: non unquam opulentioan ille ante cinis: crepitant gemmæ: atque immane litescit argentum, et pietis exsudat vestibus aurum.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Tollunt in numerum fera brachia, vique feruntur Per fluctus: sonuere viae clamore secundo: Et picea de puppe fremens immane bubulcus Invocat exitium cunctis, et verbera rapto Stipite defessis onerat graviora caballis.
From Verses and Translations by Calverley, Charles Stuart
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