Adjective

(en adjective)

Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.

* , I.40:

The number is so infinite , that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) H. Brooke

Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least cannot sink.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Marlowe

infinite riches in a little room

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Milton

which infinite calamity shall cause to human life

Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.

* Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 5

Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite .

With plural noun: infinitely many.

* 2012 , Helen Donelan, ?Karen Kear, ?Magnus Ramage, Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader

Huxley's theory says that if you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith.

(mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.

(set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements.

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For any infinite set, there is a 1-1 correspondence between it and at least one of its proper subsets. For example, there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set of natural numbers and the set of squares of natural numbers, which is a proper subset of the set of natural numbers.

(grammar) Not limited by person or number.

(music) Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete)  Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

*, New York 2001, p.105:

all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind.

(obsolete)  Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.

*, II.12:

how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous .

Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}