Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Enormity \E*nor"mi*ty\, n.; pl. {Enormities}. [L. enormitas, fr.
enormis enormous: cf. F. ['e]normit['e]. See {Enormous}.]
1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of
being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
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The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De
Quincey.
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2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense
against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime;
flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
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These clamorous enormities which are grown too big
and strong for law or shame. --South.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enormity
n 1: the quality of being outrageous [syn: {outrageousness},
{enormity}]
2: vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun
enormity is not used to express the idea of great size";
"universities recognized the enormity of their task"
3: the quality of extreme wickedness
4: an act of extreme wickedness
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