enormance
enormance noun: an outrage; an enormity.
Noun
enormance (plural enormances)
- An outrage; an enormity.
- Remembring late days When Lawn Sleeves, and Plays, Were cry'd down, an equal enormance.1719, Thomas D'Urfey, Wit and Mirth; Or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, page 200
- This is the great enormance of this city, here's wenches in abundance, but not a stone to throw at a dog - no matter, I'll set fire on your bush, but a stone to throw at a dog - no matter, I'll set fire on your bush, 'tis all one - I'll mortify your owl's nest, by St. Jago.1974, An Jeffares, Restoration comedy - Volume 2, page 74
Forms of enormance
| plural | enormances |
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Origin of enormance
From enormous + -ance.
Questions about enormance
- What does enormance mean?
- Enormance means an outrage; an enormity.
- What part of speech is enormance?
- Enormance is a noun.
- What is the plural of enormance?
- The plural of enormance is enormances.
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