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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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