E-nōr'moüs, a.
a. [Lat. enormis, out of rule, from ē, out, and norma, rule; Fr. énorme, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. enorme.]
Sense 1. Deviating from, or exceeding, the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate.
Wallowing, unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.
Sense 2. Great beyond the common measure.
Dare I in such momentous points advise, I should condemn the hoops' enormous size. Jenyns.
Sense 3. Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; detestable; as, an enormous crime.
That detestable profession of a life so enormous. Bale.
Synonyms—Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious.—ENORMOUS, IMMENSE, EXCESSIVE. We speak of a thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law of existence, and becomes—so to speak—abnormal in its magnitude, degree, &c.; as, a man of enormous strength, a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense and excessive are figurative terms used to intensify, and are somewhat indefinite in their degree of strength; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an immense expenditure; excessive prodigality. “Complacence becomes servitude when it is excessive.” Rochefoucauld.