Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Enormity

Enormity , noun

[Latin enormitas, from enormis enormous: compare French énormité. See Enormous.]

1.
The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
The enormity of his learned acquisitions. — De Quincey
2.
That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. — South