enormousadj.

Brit.

/ᵻˈnɔːməs/, U.S.

/ᵻˈnɔrməs/

Forms: Also 1500s innormous, 1600s inormous.

Etymology: < Latin ēnormis (see enorm adj.) + -ous suffix.

†1.

a. Deviating from ordinary rule or type; abnormal, unusual, extraordinary, unfettered by rules; hence, mostly in bad sense, strikingly irregular, monstrous, shocking. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective]

enorm?1518

enormousa1533

enormious1604

exorbitant1607

erratical1646

wanton1743

anormal1812

abnormal1817

freak-storm1898

a1533 J. Frith in Test. W. Tracie (1535) sig. Biiij Soo shall this enormous facte be loked vppon with worthye correction.

1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood in Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. 43 Innumberable enormous Canons & Constitucions of Antichrist.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 168 Whether the appetite be enormous, or too irregular.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 297 Nature here..plaid at will Her Virgin Fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wilde above rule or art; enormous bliss.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 242 Th' enormous Faith of Many made for one.

1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xvi. 370 Entered the choir in a military habit, and other enormous disguises.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 11 Charlemagne..deceived by the spurious constitution..repeats all its absurd and enormous provisions in one of his capitularies.

b. Extending beyond definite limits; redundant. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous

superfluent?1440

superfluous?a1450

superstitiousc1450

superfluec1475

redundant?1577

pleonastical1653

exuberant1667

pleonasmical1693

enormous1704

pluperfect1802

pleonastic1835

1704 I. Newton Opticks i. i. 73 The enormous part of the Light in the Circumference of every lucid Point ought to be less discernable in shorter Telescopes than in longer.

†2. Of persons and their actions: Departing from the rule of right, disorderly. Of a state of things: Disordered, irregular. Hence, excessively wicked, flagitious, outrageous. Obsolete.Expressions like ‘enormous wickedness’ are now felt as belonging to sense 3, perhaps with some slight mixture of the older sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]

awlyc1200

grievousa1300

grilla1300

uglya1300

strongc1300

outrageousa1325

heinousc1374

excessive1393

curseda1400

fella1400

misshapenc1400

rankc1400

monstruousc1425

enorm1481

prodigiousc1487

villainous1489

nefand1490

sceleratea1513

monstrous1531

funestal1538

enormious1545

facinorous1548

flagitious1550

dire1567

bonable1575

felonious1575

bomination1589

unvenial?1589

heathenish1592

enormous1593

villainous1598

nameless1611

pitchy1612

funest1636

funestous1641

scarleta1643

nefandous1649

aversable1663

atrocious1669

frightful1700

flagrant1706

atrocea1734

diabolical1750

unspeakable1831

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked

deepOE

blackOE

outrageousa1325

heinousc1374

flagitiousc1384

excessive1393

rankc1400

enorm1481

prodigiousc1487

villainous1489

terriblec1510

sceleratea1513

monstrous1531

enormious1545

facinorous1548

monstruous1562

felonious1575

enormous1593

facinoriousa1616

rounda1638

scarlet1710

facinerose1727

atrocious1772

outraging1895

1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 146 Avoyd the companie of such enormous persons.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. i. 61 Oh Great Corrector of enormous times.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 363 The Popes rapines and enormous proceedings in those dayes.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 83 Constantine..chose Christianity as the onely Religion, that promised impunity and pardon for his enormous practices.

1737 Ld. Hervey Mem. II. 241 Speaking of the enormous behaviour of the City of Edinburgh in this transaction.

1744 S. Johnson Acct. Life R. Savage 121 The enormous Wickedness of making War upon barbarous Nations because they cannot resist.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. vi. 23 Some last, enormous, monstrous deed of guilt.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 65 The enormous wickedness with which they abused their victory.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 112 The enormous guilt of destroying the city and its inhabitants.

a. Excessive or extraordinary in size, magnitude, or intensity; huge, vast, immense.This is the only current sense, and appears to have influenced the later use of senses 1, 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge

un-i-fohOE

ormeteOE

hugea1275

un-i-feiec1275

infinitec1385

ponderousa1400

hugeful1413

hugyc1420

thrice1470

felon?a1500

hugeousa1529

enormous1544

enormc1560

fell1586

prodigious1601

immensive1604

colossic1607

monumental1632

vast1637

unfathomed1659

colossal1664

ponderose1680

heroic1785

colossian1794

pyramidal1849

astronomical1871

astronomic1923

stratospheric1932

cosmic1935

ginormous1942

galactic1960

mega1968

humongous1970

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

hugea1275

hideousc1330

infinitec1385

unmeasureda1398

unmeasurablec1405

hugyc1420

immeasurable1440

ingentc1450

unmeetlyc1450

giant1480

immense1490

monstrous?a1513

unmeasurely1513

hugeousa1529

unportable1537

enormous1544

enormc1560

giantly1561

immensible1579

rouncival1582

dismeasured1584

vast1585

immeasured1590

gargantuan1596

omnipotent1596

colossian1601

immane1601

prodigious1601

Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

titanical1603

gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

leviathan1625

titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) I iij Paine of the stone is one of y^e moste enormous paynes that the body of man is vexed with.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis ii. 13 What an inormous strength, bad education hath to deprave and pervert well dispos'd inclinations.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 511 Titan Heav'ns first born With his enormous brood.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 31 The urus..of the large enormous kind of Lithuania.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 20 Worn and wasted with enormous wo.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxviii. 421 The line of enormous cracks and fissures.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 190 The fortress of Tangier..was repaired and kept up at an enormous charge.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §2. 11 These avalanches..consist of enormous blocks of ice.

†b. Overgrown in power or importance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]

to-bollenc1175

bolledc1375

bolnedc1380

swollenc1386

blown1483

puffed?a1500

inflate?1504

bellieda1533

bladder-puffed1549

uppuffed1573

huffling1582

swellinga1586

upblown1590

tumorous1603

windy1603

windy-headed1603

huffed1605

flown1606

huff-pufft1608

puff-pasted1610

turgid1620

turgent1621

high-blown1623

tympanous1625

bladdered1633

tympaneda1634

tumoured1635

tympanied1637

enormous1641

over-leaven1648

flatulent1658

tympany-like1658

huffy1677

tumefied1677

blubbered1699

full-blown1699

bloated1731

tympanitical1772

inflated1785

pompholygous1855

overblown1864

forblown-

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 14 Doe wee suffer mis-shapen and enormous Prelatisme..thus to blanch and varnish her deformities?

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. 97 This great princess and her enormous subject.

4. quasi-adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb]

enormous1566

enormouslya1617

abnormally1831

abnormously1851

1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kviij My peoples crymes..Were more innormouse vyle Then Sodom sinne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	enormous
释义	enormousadj. Brit. /ᵻˈnɔːməs/, U.S. /ᵻˈnɔrməs/ Forms: Also 1500s innormous, 1600s inormous. Etymology: < Latin ēnormis (see enorm adj.) + -ous suffix. †1. a. Deviating from ordinary rule or type; abnormal, unusual, extraordinary, unfettered by rules; hence, mostly in bad sense, strikingly irregular, monstrous, shocking. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] enorm?1518 enormousa1533 enormious1604 exorbitant1607 erratical1646 wanton1743 anormal1812 abnormal1817 freak-storm1898 a1533 J. Frith in Test. W. Tracie (1535) sig. Biiij Soo shall this enormous facte be loked vppon with worthye correction. 1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood in Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. 43 Innumberable enormous Canons & Constitucions of Antichrist. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 168 Whether the appetite be enormous, or too irregular. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 297 Nature here..plaid at will Her Virgin Fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wilde above rule or art; enormous bliss. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 242 Th' enormous Faith of Many made for one. 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xvi. 370 Entered the choir in a military habit, and other enormous disguises. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 11 Charlemagne..deceived by the spurious constitution..repeats all its absurd and enormous provisions in one of his capitularies. b. Extending beyond definite limits; redundant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous superfluent?1440 superfluous?a1450 superstitiousc1450 superfluec1475 redundant?1577 pleonastical1653 exuberant1667 pleonasmical1693 enormous1704 pluperfect1802 pleonastic1835 1704 I. Newton Opticks i. i. 73 The enormous part of the Light in the Circumference of every lucid Point ought to be less discernable in shorter Telescopes than in longer. †2. Of persons and their actions: Departing from the rule of right, disorderly. Of a state of things: Disordered, irregular. Hence, excessively wicked, flagitious, outrageous. Obsolete.Expressions like ‘enormous wickedness’ are now felt as belonging to sense 3, perhaps with some slight mixture of the older sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked deepOE blackOE outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 flagitiousc1384 excessive1393 rankc1400 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 terriblec1510 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 enormious1545 facinorous1548 monstruous1562 felonious1575 enormous1593 facinoriousa1616 rounda1638 scarlet1710 facinerose1727 atrocious1772 outraging1895 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 146 Avoyd the companie of such enormous persons. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. i. 61 Oh Great Corrector of enormous times. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 363 The Popes rapines and enormous proceedings in those dayes. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 83 Constantine..chose Christianity as the onely Religion, that promised impunity and pardon for his enormous practices. 1737 Ld. Hervey Mem. II. 241 Speaking of the enormous behaviour of the City of Edinburgh in this transaction. 1744 S. Johnson Acct. Life R. Savage 121 The enormous Wickedness of making War upon barbarous Nations because they cannot resist. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. vi. 23 Some last, enormous, monstrous deed of guilt. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 65 The enormous wickedness with which they abused their victory. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 112 The enormous guilt of destroying the city and its inhabitants. 3. a. Excessive or extraordinary in size, magnitude, or intensity; huge, vast, immense.This is the only current sense, and appears to have influenced the later use of senses 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge un-i-fohOE ormeteOE hugea1275 un-i-feiec1275 infinitec1385 ponderousa1400 hugeful1413 hugyc1420 thrice1470 felon?a1500 hugeousa1529 enormous1544 enormc1560 fell1586 prodigious1601 immensive1604 colossic1607 monumental1632 vast1637 unfathomed1659 colossal1664 ponderose1680 heroic1785 colossian1794 pyramidal1849 astronomical1871 astronomic1923 stratospheric1932 cosmic1935 ginormous1942 galactic1960 mega1968 humongous1970 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) I iij Paine of the stone is one of y^e moste enormous paynes that the body of man is vexed with. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis ii. 13 What an inormous strength, bad education hath to deprave and pervert well dispos'd inclinations. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 511 Titan Heav'ns first born With his enormous brood. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 31 The urus..of the large enormous kind of Lithuania. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 20 Worn and wasted with enormous wo. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxviii. 421 The line of enormous cracks and fissures. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 190 The fortress of Tangier..was repaired and kept up at an enormous charge. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §2. 11 These avalanches..consist of enormous blocks of ice. †b. Overgrown in power or importance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective] to-bollenc1175 bolledc1375 bolnedc1380 swollenc1386 blown1483 puffed?a1500 inflate?1504 bellieda1533 bladder-puffed1549 uppuffed1573 huffling1582 swellinga1586 upblown1590 tumorous1603 windy1603 windy-headed1603 huffed1605 flown1606 huff-pufft1608 puff-pasted1610 turgid1620 turgent1621 high-blown1623 tympanous1625 bladdered1633 tympaneda1634 tumoured1635 tympanied1637 enormous1641 over-leaven1648 flatulent1658 tympany-like1658 huffy1677 tumefied1677 blubbered1699 full-blown1699 bloated1731 tympanitical1772 inflated1785 pompholygous1855 overblown1864 forblown- 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 14 Doe wee suffer mis-shapen and enormous Prelatisme..thus to blanch and varnish her deformities? 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. 97 This great princess and her enormous subject. 4. quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] enormous1566 enormouslya1617 abnormally1831 abnormously1851 1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kviij My peoples crymes..Were more innormouse vyle Then Sodom sinne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1533
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