All 3 Uses of
enormity
in
Catch-22
- Yossarian choked on his toast and eggs at the enormity of his error in tearing her long, lithe, nude, young vibrant limbs into any pieces of paper so impudently and dumping her down so smugly into the gutter from the curb.†
Chpt 16
- Nately was appalled and bewildered by the abominable old man's inability to perceive the enormity of his offence.†
Chpt 23 *
- General Peckem screamed, as though struck by the enormity of the disaster for the first time.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(enormity as in: enormity of the crime) extreme wickedness
or more rarely (and considered incorrect by many): enormousness (largeness)