# enormous

Pronunciation: US say "i-NOR-muhs" /ɪˈnɔɹ.məs/; say "i-NAW-muhs" UK /ɪˈnɔː.məs/, AUS /ɪˈnoː.məs/

## Adjective

1. Extremely large; far greater in size or extent than is usual.
   - Simple: Very big: much bigger than what is normal or expected.
   - _Rebuilding the bridge required an enormous amount of money._
   - _Researchers found an enormous crater hidden beneath the ice sheet._

## Adjective

2. Deviating from what is normal or customary; unusual or extraordinary. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Strange or unusual, and not what people normally expect.
3. Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous in nature. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Very evil, cruel or shocking.

## Origin

From Latin ēnormis, an assimilated form of ex- ("out of") plus norma ("rule, norm") with the ending -ous, so literally something out of the ordinary rule.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/enormous (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).