enorm

[ee-nawrm]

adjective

Archaic.

1. enormous; huge; vast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enorm¹

1425–75; late Middle English enorme < Middle French < Latin ēnormis, equivalent to ē- e- ¹ + norm ( a ) norm + -is adj. suffix

Example Sentences

He adds that if other countries should in time be converted to "these two pure delights," Greece would not need to cultivate anything else; she would become rich "enorm�ment."

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I can hear the horn of Uri Roaring in the hills enorm; Kindled at its brazen fury, I can see the clansmen form; In the dawn in misty masses, Pouring from the silent passes Over Granson or Morgarten Like the storm.

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When the north winds their forces muster, And ruin rides high on the storm, All calm, in the midst of their bluster, He stands with his forehead enorm.

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But to have blood on the hands, a cry in the ears, and one same glassy face eye to eye, that nothing can dim, nor even slumber pacify—dreams, dreams, intangible, enorm!

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Had I hers of music-might,   I would shake the air with storm   Till the red clouds trailed enorm Boreal dances through the night.

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