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   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

English Dictionary: enormously by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enormous
adj
  1. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"
    Synonym(s): enormous, tremendous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enormously
adv
  1. extremely; "he was enormously popular" [syn: enormously, tremendously, hugely, staggeringly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enormousness
n
  1. unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wren \Wren\ (r[ecr]n), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wr[91]nna,
      perhaps akin to wr[aemac]ne lascivious.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing
            birds belonging to {Troglodytes} and numerous allied of
            the family {Troglodytid[91]}.
  
      Note: Among the species best known are the house wren
               ({Troglodytes a[89]don}) common in both Europe and
               America, and the American winter wren ({T. hiemalis}).
               See also {Cactus wren}, {Marsh wren}, and {Rock wren},
               under {Cactus}, {Marsh}, and {Rock}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing
            birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and
            habits.
  
      Note: Among these are several species of European warblers;
               as, the reed wren (see {Reed warbler}
            (a), under {Reed}), the sedge wren (see {Sedge warbler},
                  under {Sedge}), the willow wren (see {Willow warbler},
                  under {Willow}), the golden-crested wren, and the
                  ruby-crowned wren (see {Kinglet}).
  
      {Ant wren}, any one of numerous South American birds of the
            family {Formicarid[91]}, allied to the ant thrushes.
  
      {Blue wren}, a small Australian singing bird ({Malurus
            cyaneus}), the male of which in the breeding season is
            bright blue. Called also {superb warbler}.
  
      {Emu wren}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Wren babbler}, any one of numerous species of small timaline
            birds belonging to {Alcippe}, {Stachyris}, {Timalia}, and
            several allied genera. These birds are common in Southern
            Asia and the East Indies.
  
      {Wren tit}. See {Ground wren}, under {Ground}.
  
      {Wren warbler}, any one of several species of small Asiatic
            and African singing birds belonging to {Prinia} and allied
            genera. These birds are closely allied to the tailor
            birds, and build their nests in a similar manner. See also
            {Pincpinc}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emu \E"mu\, n. [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. [82]mou, [82]meu, emu.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large Australian bird, of two species ({Dromaius
      Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]} and {D. irroratus}), related to the
      cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is
      unable to fly. [Written also {emeu} and {emew}.]
  
      Note: The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the
               Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.
  
      {Emu wren}. See in the Vocabulary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emu wren \E"mu wren`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A small wrenlike Australian bird ({Stipiturus malachurus}),
      having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu
      feathers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enarmed \En*armed"\, a. (Her.)
      Same as {Armed}, 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enharmonic \En`har*mon"ic\, Enharmonical \En`har*mon"ic*al\, a.
      [Gr. [?] [?], [?] fitting, accordant; [?] in + [?] harmony:
      cf. F. enharmonique.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enharmonic \En`har*mon"ic\, Enharmonical \En`har*mon"ic*al\, a.
      [Gr. [?] [?], [?] fitting, accordant; [?] in + [?] harmony:
      cf. F. enharmonique.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enharmonically \En`har*mon"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enorm \E*norm"\, a. [Cf. F. [82]norme. See {Enormous}.]
      Enormous. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enormity \E*nor"mi*ty\, n.; pl. {Enormities}. [L. enormitas, fr.
      enormis enormous: cf. F. [82]normit[82]. See {Enormous}.]
      1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of
            being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
  
                     The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De
                                                                              Quincey.
  
      2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense
            against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime;
            flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
  
                     These clamorous enormities which are grown too big
                     and strong for law or shame.               --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enormity \E*nor"mi*ty\, n.; pl. {Enormities}. [L. enormitas, fr.
      enormis enormous: cf. F. [82]normit[82]. See {Enormous}.]
      1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of
            being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
  
                     The enormity of his learned acquisitions. --De
                                                                              Quincey.
  
      2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense
            against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime;
            flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
  
                     These clamorous enormities which are grown too big
                     and strong for law or shame.               --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enormous \E*nor"mous\, a. [L. enormis enormous, out of rule; e
      out + norma rule: cf. F. [82]norme. See {Normal}.]
      1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due
            proportion; inordinate; abnormal. [bd]Enormous bliss.[b8]
            --Milton. [bd]This enormous state.[b8] --Shak. [bd]The
            hoop's enormous size.[b8] --Jenyns.
  
                     Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as,
            an enormous crime.
  
                     That detestable profession of a life so enormous.
                                                                              --Bale.
  
      Syn: Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious;
               monstrous.
  
      Usage: -- {Enormous}, {Immense}, {Excessive}. We speak of a
                  thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law
                  of existence or far exceeds its proper average or
                  standard, and becomes -- so to speak -- abnormal in
                  its magnitude, degree, etc.; as, a man of enormous
                  strength; a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense
                  expresses somewhat indefinitely an immeasurable
                  quantity or extent. Excessive is applied to what is
                  beyond a just measure or amount, and is always used in
                  an evil; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an
                  immense expenditure; the expanse of ocean is immense.
                  [bd]Excessive levity and indulgence are ultimately
                  excessive rigor.[b8] --V. Knox. [bd]Complaisance
                  becomes servitude when it is excessive.[b8] --La
                  Rochefoucauld (Trans).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enormously \E*nor"mous*ly\, adv.
      In an enormous degree.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enormousness \E*nor"mous*ness\, n.
      The state of being enormous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enrange \En*range"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + range. Cf. {Enrank},
      {Arrange}.]
      1. To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange. [Obs.]
            --Spenser.
  
      2. To rove over; to range. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enrank \En*rank"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + rank.]
      To place in ranks or in order. [R.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enrheum \En*rheum"\, v. i. [Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F.
      s'enrhumer.]
      To contract a rheum. [Obs.] --Harvey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enring \En*ring"\, v. t.
      To encircle. [R.]
  
               The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes, Enringed a
               billowing fountain in the midst.            --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enround \En*round"\, v. t.
      To surround. [Obs.] --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Emory-Meadow View, VA (CDP, FIPS 25800)
      Location: 36.77316 N, 81.84644 W
      Population (1990): 2248 (630 housing units)
      Area: 23.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   En-rimmon, well of weight
  
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