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English
Etymology
From Latin immānis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
immane (comparative more immane, superlative most immane)
- (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 […]
- (archaic) Monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.
, Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. , London: Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, , new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., , 1843, →OCLC:
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈma.ne/
- Rhymes: -ane
- Hyphenation: im‧mà‧ne
Adjective
immane (plural immani)
- huge, immense, untold
- Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, immenso, smisurato
- dreadful, terrible
- Synonym: terribile
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
immāne
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of immānis
Verb
immanē
- 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.