immane

English

Etymology

From Latin immānis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈmeɪn/

Adjective

immane (comparative more immane, superlative most immane)

  1. (archaic) Very large; huge; vast.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:large
    • 1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Arthur Jensen (Ned Beatty):
      There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars, reichmarks, rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels.
    • 1808, Roger North, The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North, [] , page 98:
      [] if this gentleman could have been purged of an immane conceit of himself and of his own worth, and made clean from his disaffection to the crown and monarchy of England, which always warped his engagements towards the sectarian and republican model, and made him restless []
  2. (archaic) Monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈma.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ane
  • Hyphenation: im‧mà‧ne

Adjective

immane m or f (plural immani)

  1. huge, immense, untold
    Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, immenso, smisurato
  2. dreadful, terrible
    Synonym: terribile

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

immāne

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of immānis

Verb

immanē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of immaneō

References

  • immane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • immane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • immane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.