Abnormous (adj) (rare)
ab-nor-mus
Originally meant irregular, misshapen, but has come to mean overly enormous. Mainly US American use.
Earliest use of this is 1747 by bookseller Edmund Curll, thought to be from classic Latin abnormis.
Example sentences
“I’d never date him again, did you see his abnormous head!?”
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