2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enormity \E*nor"mi*ty\, n.; pl {Enormities}. [L. enormitas fr
enormis enormous: cf F. ['e]normit['e]. See {Enormous}.]
1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule or of
being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De
Quincey.
2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense
against order right or decency; an atrocious crime;
flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
These clamorous enormities which are grown too big
and strong for law or shame. --South.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
enormity
n 1: the quality of being outrageous [syn: {outrageousness}]
2: the quality of extreme wickedness
3: an act of extreme wickedness
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