1. the quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness. 2. a monstrous offense or evil; an outrage

Hey, I thought I’d throw in a curve ball today. Here is what the American Heritage Dictionary says about this word in its “Usage Note”: “Enormity is frequently used to refer simply to the property of being great in size or extent, but many would prefer that enormousness (or a synonym such as immensity) be used for this general sense and that enormity be limited to situations that demand a negative moral judgment… Fifty-nine percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of enormity as a synonym for immensity in the sentence At that point the engineers sat down to design an entirely new viaduct, apparently undaunted by the enormity of their task. … Writers who ignore the distinction, as in the enormity of the President’s election victory or the enormity of her inheritance, may find that their words have cast unintended aspersions or evoked unexpected laughter.”