enormity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being outrageous
    outrageousness.
  2. noun 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. noun the quality of extreme wickedness
  4. noun an act of extreme wickedness

WordNet

E*nor"mi*ty noun
Etymology
L. enormitas, fr. enormis enormous: cf. F. énormité. See Enormous.
Wordforms
plural Enormities
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913