different between enormity vs largeness
enormity
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English ?norme (“monstrous or unnatural act; enormity”), from Old French énormité (“enormity”), from Latin ?normit?s (“irregularity; enormity”), from ?n?rmis (“irregular, unusual; enormous, immense”) + -it?s (suffix forming nouns indicating states of being). ?n?rmis is derived from e- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’) + n?rma (“norm, standard”) + -is (Latin suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n??m?ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n??m?ti/, /-?i/
- Hyphenation: enorm?i?ty
Noun
enormity (countable and uncountable, plural enormities)
- (obsolete) Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality.
- (uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]
- (countable) A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness. [from 15th c.]
- (uncountable) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness. [from 18th c.]
Usage notes
Enormity as a synonym for enormousness is sometimes considered an error, though other usage guides hold that there is little basis for the distinction. Both words ultimately go back to the same Latin source word ?n?rmis meaning “deviating from the norm, abnormal”.
Synonyms
- (deviation from what is normal or standard): anomalousness, oddness, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
- (deviation from moral normality): atrociousness, depravity, immorality; see also Thesaurus:villainy
- (a breach of law or morality): desecration, violation
- (great size): immensity, prodigiousness
Related terms
Translations
References
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largeness
English
Etymology
From large +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??d?n?s/
Noun
largeness (countable and uncountable, plural largenesses)
- (obsolete) Liberality; generosity.
- The property of being physically large.
- The quality of not being limited or constrained; having great scope.
Translations
Anagrams
- angerless, rangeless, regalness
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English largeness.
Noun
largeness
- magnanimity
- 2004, Georginer, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 10
- Og vi plukker og plukker i sikker forvisning om, at deres largeness bliver ved, helt indtil den første frost sætter den grænse, der alligevel skal til.
- And we pluck and pluck in the sure conviction that their generosity will persist, all the way to the point where the first frost sets the border that must after all exist.
- Og vi plukker og plukker i sikker forvisning om, at deres largeness bliver ved, helt indtil den første frost sætter den grænse, der alligevel skal til.
- 1945, Sven Clausen, Udvalgte tvangstanker, fra 10 års journalistik
- Der er her en vis largeness hos fødselsdagsbarnet, som man ikke kan lade være med at beundre — omend med en vis ængstelse.
- There is here a certain largeness about the birthday child that one cannot help but to admire — although with a certain measure of apprehension.
- Der er her en vis largeness hos fødselsdagsbarnet, som man ikke kan lade være med at beundre — omend med en vis ængstelse.
- 2016, Ellen Duurloo, Den alt for korte vej..., Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN
- Nå, sagde Else en kende forundret - du har da din kjole fra konfirmationen, og i et anfald af largeness føjede hun til, skønt hun i virkeligheden havde fundet Gerdas konfirmationskjole alt for enkel og kedelig, den havde været af cachmire og uden videre besætning eller andre falbelader - den er da nydelig - og helt ny!
- Oh, Else said, somewhat bewildered - you have your confirmation dress though, and in a fit of largeness, she added, though she had actually found Gerda's confirmation dress far too simple and boring, it had been of cashmere and without any decoration or other falbala - it's pretty - and completely new!
- Nå, sagde Else en kende forundret - du har da din kjole fra konfirmationen, og i et anfald af largeness føjede hun til, skønt hun i virkeligheden havde fundet Gerdas konfirmationskjole alt for enkel og kedelig, den havde været af cachmire og uden videre besætning eller andre falbelader - den er da nydelig - og helt ny!
- 2004, Georginer, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 10
Synonyms
- storsind, højsind, ædelmod, ædelmodighed
Related terms
- large
See also
- generøsitet, gavmildhed
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