Enormity isn’t the state of being enormous. “I couldn’t believe the enormity of the airplane” would be an incorrect use of the word. Enormity actually means “extremely evil”.
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Rex Trulove
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Never thought about his word like that, interesting.
Sorry about the typo. 🙁
Good to know as well. Never used the word so wouldn’t have guessed that!
I most often hear it in reference to a task. That is along the lines of, “I decided to put in a garden but only when I started did I realize the enormity of the task.” That is incorrect usage because putting in a garden isn’t extremely evil.
Thank you once again for the correct meaning of this word.
This is one that will probably surprise a lot of people.