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1 enormity
noun2) see academic.ru/24440/enormousness">enormousness* * *1) (great wickedness.) der Frevel2) (hugeness.) die Ungeheuerlichkeit* * *enor·mity[ɪˈnɔ:məti, AM -ˈnɔ:rmət̬i]n* * *[I'nɔːmItɪ]n2) (of crime) Ungeheuerlichkeit f* * *a) Enormität fb) Frevel m, Gräuel m, Untat f* * *noun2) see enormousness* * *n.Riesenhaftigkeit f.Ungeheuerlichkeit f. -
2 enormity
enor·mity [ɪʼnɔ:məti, Am -ʼnɔ:rmət̬i] n -
3 enormous
adjective1) enorm; riesig, gewaltig [Figur, Tier, Fluss, Wüste, Menge]; gewaltig, enorm [Veränderung, Unterschied, Liebe, Hass, Widerspruch, Größe, Ausgabe, Kraft]; ungeheuer [Mut, Charme, Problem]2) (fat) ungeheuer dick* * *[i'no:məs]- academic.ru/24440/enormousness">enormousness- enormity* * *enor·mous[ɪˈnɔ:məs, AM -ˈnɔ:r-]\enormous crowd riesige [Menschen]menge\enormous difficulties ungeheure Schwierigkeiten\enormous luck riesiges [o enormes] Glück* * *[ɪ'nɔːməs]adjobject enorm, riesig; animal riesig; person (= fat) ungeheuer dick; (= tall) riesig groß; amount, success, profits, losses, range, choice riesig; number, quantity, variety, effort, relief ungeheuer; difference riesig, gewaltigan enormous great thing (inf) — ein Riesending nt (inf)
she was wearing an enormous great ruby — sie trug einen riesig großen Rubin
he has enormous talent/an enormous talent for... — er hat enorm viel Talent/ein enorm großes Talent für...
it means an enormous amount to me — es bedeutet mir ungeheuer viel
an enormous number of, enormous numbers of — ungeheuer viele
he was a lovely lad with enormous potential — er war ein netter Junge, aus dem enorm viel hätte werden können
* * *enormous adj (adv enormously)1. enorm, ungeheuer(lich), gewaltig, riesig2. obs abscheulich* * *adjective1) enorm; riesig, gewaltig [Figur, Tier, Fluss, Wüste, Menge]; gewaltig, enorm [Veränderung, Unterschied, Liebe, Hass, Widerspruch, Größe, Ausgabe, Kraft]; ungeheuer [Mut, Charme, Problem]2) (fat) ungeheuer dick* * *adj.enorm adj.gewaltig adj.riesig adj.ungeheuer adj.
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enormity — enormity, enormousness 1. Both words are derived from Latin e norma meaning ‘out of the ordinary’, and both originally had meanings associated with wicked and criminal aspects of abnormality. Enormity (15c) is older than enormousness (17c), and… … Modern English usage
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