Monday, September 05, 2005

Today's word...

"Enormity"

  1. The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
  2. A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.
  3. The quality of being outrageous.
  4. The quality of extreme wickedness.
  5. An act of extreme wickedness.

"Enormity" is not an adjective describing size; it is a moral judgement.

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