Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-NOR'MOUS, a. [L. enormis; e and norma, a rule.]

1. Going beyond the usual measure or rule. Enormous in their gait. Milton.
2. Excursive; beyond the limits of a regular figure. The enormous part of the light in the circumference of every lucid point. Newton.
3. Great beyond the common measure; excessive; as, enormous crime or guilt.
4. Exceeding, in bulk or highth, the common measure; as, an enormous farm; a man of enormous size.
5. Irregular; confused; disordered; unusual. Shak.