[f. as prec. + -NESS.]

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  † 1.  Divergence from a right moral standard; also in stronger sense, gross wickedness, heinousness; = ENORMITY 2. Obs.

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a. 1631.  Donne, Serm. (1640), xvi. 159 c. Such is the infinitenesse, and enormousnesse of our rebellious sin.

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1667.  Decay Chr. Piety, ii. § 5. 24. Those who have not opportunity to examine our faith, see the enormousness of our works.

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  2.  The quality of being excessive in size; vastness, hugeness.

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1885.  W. C. Russell, Strange Voy., II. vii. 110. The enormousness of the ocean.

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