Enormity Definition

ĭ-nôrmĭ-tē

enormities

noun

enormities

Great wickedness.

The enormity of a crime.

Webster's New World

The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.

American Heritage

A monstrous or outrageous act; very wicked crime.

Webster's New World

Enormous size or extent; vastness.

Webster's New World

(uncountable) Extreme wickedness, nefariousness. [from 15th c.]

Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did the world really become aware of the enormity of Pol Pot's oppression.

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Other Word Forms of Enormity

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enormity

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enormities

French énormité from Old French from Latin ēnormitās from ēnormis unusual, enormous enormous

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French énormité, from Latin ēnormitātem, from ēnormis.

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