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enormity
(encz) | enormity,obrovitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
enormity
(encz) | enormity,zločin n: Adam Nohejl |
enormity
(encz) | enormity,zvěrstvo n: Adam Nohejl |
Enormity
(gcide) | 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.
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The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De
Quincey.
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2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense
against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime;
flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
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These clamorous enormities which are grown too big
and strong for law or shame. --South.
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enormity
(wn) | enormity
n 1: the quality of being outrageous [syn: outrageousness,
enormity]
2: vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun
enormity is not used to express the idea of great size";
"universities recognized the enormity of their task"
3: the quality of extreme wickedness
4: an act of extreme wickedness |
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Enormity
(gcide) | 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.
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The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De
Quincey.
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2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense
against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime;
flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
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These clamorous enormities which are grown too big
and strong for law or shame. --South.
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