enormousness

American

[ih-nawr-muhs-nis] / ɪˈnɔr məs nɪs /

noun

very great or abnormal size, bulk, degree, etc.; hugeness; immensity.

Commonly Confused

See enormity.

Etymology

Origin of enormousness

First recorded in 1795–1805; enormous + -ness

Example Sentences

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Turning grief into a mental disorder at least draws notice to the enormousness of the losses we face and to the bereavement that underlies all of them: the loss of the familiar.

From New York Times • May 7, 2022

He added a level of, well, enormousness, and just-let-me-handle-this charisma.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021

Yet his enormousness did not diminish his ability to move with a ballet dancer’s grace.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2020

Irwin admits his own particular lens as dramatic clown is too narrow to take in the enormousness of Beckett’s late modernism.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019

Lucas smirked, shaking his head slightly from side to side, his hands spread apart to signify the bird’s enormousness in the air.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

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