enormous

• adj.巨大な、巨大な；獰猛な、凶暴な

e-、外向き。-normal、normalを参照。すなわち、普通を超える、巨大な。

enormous

enormous: [16] Etymologically, enormous is a parallel formation to abnormal and extraordinary. It comes from Latin ēnormis, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and norma ‘pattern, rule’ – hence literally ‘out of the usual pattern’. It originally had a range of meanings in English, including ‘abnormal, unusual’ (‘entered the choir in a military habit, and other enormous disguises’, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry 1774) and ‘outrageous’.

By the beginning of the 19th century these had mostly died out, leaving the field clear for modern English ‘huge’, although the notion of ‘outrageousness’ remains in the noun derivative enormity [15].
=> abnormal, normal

enormous (adj.)

1530s, "abnormal" (usually in a bad sense), from Latin enormis "out of rule, irregular, shapeless; extraordinary, very large," from assimilated form of ex- "out of" (see ex-) + norma "rule, norm" (see norm), with English -ous substituted for Latin -is. Meaning "extraordinary in size" is attested from 1540s; original sense of "outrageous" is more clearly preserved in enormity. Earlier was enormyous (mid-15c.) "exceedingly great, monstrous." Related: Enormously; enormousness.

1. She was a shy，delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.

彼女はシャイで美しい女の子で、大きな青い目をしています。

2. Enormous acreages of soya beans are grown in the United States.

アメリカでは大きな大豆が栽培されています。

3.The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.

社は、初期製品の大成功により市場を大きくリードしている。

4.The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.

両社は金融市場で非常に大きな影響力を持っている。

5.The boss retains enormous influence by reason of his position.

ボスは自身の地位によって大きな影響力を持ってきた。