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Immane

Immane \Im*mane"\, a. [L. immanis.] Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] ``So immane a man.''
--Chapman. -- Im*mane"ly, adv. [Obs.]

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immane

a. 1 (context obsolete English) very large; huge; vast 2 (context obsolete English) monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce

Usage examples of "immane".

The immane screeches and caws of a startled rundi split his hearing as he pushed through a witching of grass, stooping here and there to collect plant fragments.

He had been brought very close to that immane and nefandous Burke-and-Hare business which made the blood of civilization run cold in the year 1828, and told me, in a very calm way, with an occasional pinch from the mull, to refresh his memory, some of the details of those frightful murders, never rivalled in horror until the wretch Dumollard, who kept a private cemetery for his victims, was dragged into the light of day.

The immane screeches and caws of a startled rundi split his hearing as he pushed through a witching of grass, stooping here and there to collect plant fragments.

Bellum atrox, multiplex, immane, pertinax, cui simile nulla usquam narrat antiquitas: ubi talia gesta referuntur, ut nihil esset quod in vita sua conspicere potuisset egregius, qui hujus miraculi privaretur aspectu.

Almeno fa parte delle mie capacità, si disse, ripensando divertito a quale fatica immane gli era costata sollevare perfino un sassolino.