"enormousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From enormous + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|enormous|-ness}} enormous + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} enormousness (uncountable)
  1. Great size or magnitude. Tags: uncountable Related terms: enormity, enormous Translations (great size): ضَخَامَة (ḍaḵāma) (Arabic), Riesigkeit [feminine] (German), עֲנָקִיוּת [feminine] (Hebrew), milzīgums [masculine] (Latvian), gigantiskums [masculine] (Latvian), enormidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
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