"enormance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: enormances [plural]
Etymology: enormous + -ance Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|enormous|ance}} enormous + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun}} enormance (plural enormances)
  1. An outrage; an enormity.
    Sense id: en-enormance-en-noun-1jBXgnNY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance

Inflected forms

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