"enormous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ [UK], /ɪˈnɔɹ.məs/ [US], /iˈnɔɹ.məs/ [US], /ɪˈnoː.məs/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-enormous.ogg [US] Forms: more enormous [comparative], most enormous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məs Etymology: From Latin ēnormis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ēnormis}} Latin ēnormis, {{af|la|ex-|nocat=1|t1=out of}} ex- (“out of”), {{m|la|norma|t=rule, norm}} norma (“rule, norm”), {{af|en|-ous}} -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} enormous (comparative more enormous, superlative most enormous)
  1. (obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-enormous-en-adj-tzwJJggf
  2. (obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-enormous-en-adj-22n4fYGd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 51 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 59 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 18 62 21
  3. Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc. Categories (topical): Size Translations (extremely large): παμμεγέθης (pammegéthēs) (Ancient Greek), ضَخْم (ḍaḵm) (Arabic), هَائِل (hāʔil) (Arabic), веліза́рны (vjelizárny) (Belarusian), велічэ́зны (vjeličézny) (Belarusian), вялі́зны (vjalízny) (Belarusian), аграма́дны (ahramádny) (Belarusian), грама́ден (gramáden) (Bulgarian), огро́мен (ogrómen) (Bulgarian), enorme (Catalan), ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (ugodidi) (Cherokee), 巨大的 (jùdà de) (Chinese Mandarin), obrovský (Czech), ohromný (Czech), enorm (Dutch), gigantisch (Dutch), enorma (Esperanto), huikea (Finnish), valtava (Finnish), valtaisa (Finnish), énorme (French), enorme (Galician), უზარმაზარი (uzarmazari) (Georgian), ვებერთელა (vebertela) (Georgian), უშველებელი (ušvelebeli) (Georgian), enorm (German), riesig (German), suursummain (Ingrian), anmhór (Irish), enorme (Italian), grandissimo (Italian), vasto (Italian), smisurato (Italian), 巨大な (kyodai na) (alt: きょだいな) (Japanese), jiganti (Kabuverdianu), ធំសម្បើម (thom sɑɑsɑmbaəm) (Khmer), សម្បើម (sɑɑsɑmbaəm) (Khmer), 거대하다 (geodaehada) (Korean), immānis (Latin), ingens (Latin), milzīgs (Latvian), gigantisks (Latvian), огромен (ogromen) (Macedonian), daqsiex (Maltese), tuangea (Maori), ênorme [Jersey] (Norman), enorm (Norwegian), diger (Norwegian), kjempestor (Norwegian), gigantisk (Norwegian), enòrme (Occitan), ogromny (Polish), olbrzymi (Polish), enorme (Portuguese), gigante (Portuguese), enorm (Romanian), uriaș (Romanian), gigant (Romanian), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), грома́дный (gromádnyj) (Russian), гига́нтский (gigántskij) (Russian), здорове́нный (zdorovénnyj) (Russian), an-mhòr (Scottish Gaelic), о̏гро̄ман [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍgrōman [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), aapa (Seri), obrovský (Slovak), ohromný (Slovak), ogromen (Slovene), enorme (Spanish), ingente (Spanish), enorm (Swedish), มหึมา (má-hʉ̀-maa) (Thai), kocaman (Turkish), величе́зний (velyčéznyj) (Ukrainian), здорове́ний (zdorovényj) (Ukrainian), bahaybat (Uzbek), khổng lồ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-enormous-en-adj-6bR3KbfK Disambiguation of Size: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'extremely large': 2 25 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: massive, huge, gigantic, humongous, abnormal, tremendous Derived forms: enormous Lyman-alpha nebula

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          "text": "Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.",
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          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pammegéthēs",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "παμμεγέθης"
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          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "enorme"
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        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "grandissimo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 25 73",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "vasto"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 25 73",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "smisurato"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 25 73",
          "alt": "きょだいな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyodai na",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "巨大な"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 25 73",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "jiganti"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "thom sɑɑsɑmbaəm",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "ធំសម្បើម"
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        {
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          "roman": "sɑɑsɑmbaəm",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "សម្បើម"
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        {
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geodaehada",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "거대하다"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "immānis"
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          "_dis1": "2 25 73",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "ingens"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "milzīgs"
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        {
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "gigantisks"
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        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ogromen",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "огромен"
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          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "tuangea"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "diger"
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        {
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "kjempestor"
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "olbrzymi"
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          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "word": "uriaș"
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          "roman": "gromádnyj",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "грома́дный"
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          "roman": "gigántskij",
          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zdorovénnyj",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "здорове́нный"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "an-mhòr"
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          "sense": "extremely large",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "о̏гро̄ман"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 25 73",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ȍgrōman"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 25 73",
          "code": "sei",
          "lang": "Seri",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "aapa"
        },
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "obrovský"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "ohromný"
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          "ref": "2018 May 17, “Corbynomics would change Britain—but not in the way most people think”, in The Economist",
          "text": "Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.",
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ᎤᎪᏗᏗ"
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      "word": "enorm"
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      "word": "enorma"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "huikea"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "valtava"
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      "word": "valtaisa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "énorme"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "enorme"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ვებერთელა"
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      "word": "უშველებელი"
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      "word": "enorm"
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      "word": "παμμεγέθης"
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      "word": "anmhór"
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      "word": "enorme"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "巨大な"
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      "code": "kea",
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      "word": "jiganti"
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      "roman": "thom sɑɑsɑmbaəm",
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "거대하다"
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      "word": "ingens"
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      "word": "milzīgs"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "gigantisks"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "огромен"
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      "code": "mt",
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      "word": "daqsiex"
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      "word": "tuangea"
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "enorm"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "diger"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "kjempestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
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      "word": "gigantisk"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "enòrme"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ogromny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "olbrzymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "enorme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "gigante"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "enorm"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "uriaș"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "gigant"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogrómnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "огро́мный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gromádnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "грома́дный"
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "гига́нтский"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zdorovénnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "здорове́нный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "an-mhòr"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "о̏гро̄ман"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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    {
      "code": "sei",
      "lang": "Seri",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "aapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "obrovský"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ohromný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ogromen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "enorme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ingente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "enorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "má-hʉ̀-maa",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "มหึมา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "kocaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velyčéznyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "величе́зний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdorovényj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "здорове́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "bahaybat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "khổng lồ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enormous"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.