different between enormous vs savage

English

Etymology

From Latin ?normis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n??(?)m?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?s

Adjective

enormous (comparative more enormous, superlative most enormous)

1. (obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
   • , New York 2001, p.105:

     all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind […].

2. (obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
   • 1872, James Pillsbury Lane, Historical Sketches of the First Congregational Church, Bristol, R.I., 1689-1872, page 61:

     Men would prove wolves and vipers; tigers and dragons mixt in one and the same person to each other. O bless God for this great gift of Princes and Judges to rule the wicked and enormous world and to sway the scepter of righteousness […]

   • 1898, Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension and Saloon Suppression, page 7:

     Protestant Christian people are largely ignorant or indifferent to the wicked and enormous religious claims of Romanism. As a so-called religious organization, Romanism is not only the foe of Protestantism, but […]

3. Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

Synonyms

• massive
• huge
• gigantic
• humongous
• abnormal
• tremendous
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

Anagrams

• nemorous

English

Etymology

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed”), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods”), from silva (“forest", "grove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæv?d?/
• Rhymes: -æv?d?
• Hyphenation: sav?age

Adjective

savage (comparative more savage, superlative most savage)

1. Wild; not cultivated.
2. Barbaric; not civilized.
3. Fierce and ferocious.

4. Brutal, vicious, or merciless.

5. (Britain, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.

   - I'll see you in detention.
   - Ah, savage!

6. (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.

   Synonyms: wicked; see also Thesaurus:excellent

7. (heraldry) Nude; naked.

Related terms

• sylvan (see for more terms)

Translations

Noun

savage (plural savages)

1. (derogatory) A person living in a traditional, especially tribal, rather than civilized society, especially when viewed as uncivilized and uncultivated; a barbarian.
2. (figuratively) A defiant person.

Alternative forms

• salvage

Translations

Verb

savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)

1. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.

2. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
3. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.

   • Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.

Translations

Anagrams

• agaves

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sauvage, saveage, salvage

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French savage, from Late Latin salv?ticus, from Latin silv?ticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?va?d?(?)/, /sa?vau?d?(?)/

Adjective

savage

1. savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive
2. wild, untamed, harsh
3. mighty, strong, powerful
4. ferocious, angry, attacking, opposed
5. (rare) demented, crazy, insane
6. (rare) ill-thought, ill-advised

Derived terms

• savagyne

Descendants

• English: savage
• Scots: savage

References

• “sav??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.