enormous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Extremely large in size, amount, or degree.

   An enormous boulder blocked the road.

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Simplified etymology

Enormous entered English in the mid-16th century from Latin enormis, formed from e-, “out of,” and norma, “pattern” or “standard.” In early use it meant “abnormal, unusual, extraordinary” and could also mean “abnormally bad, monstrous, shocking,” as well as “huge.”

From Latin ēnormis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.

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