[ɪˈnɔːmɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong
(e.g: a thorough search disclosed the full enormity of the crime)

- a grave crime or sin
(e.g: the enormities of war)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin enormitas, from enormis, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + norma ‘pattern, standard’. The word originally meant ‘deviation from legal or moral rectitude’ and ‘transgression’. Current senses have been influenced by enormous