Wow. Maybe it is an American English usage. In British English "enormous" is always used as a synonym for "huge", never for "evil". In fact, a quick google of t

Wow. Maybe it is an American English usage. In British English "enormous" is always used as a synonym for "huge", never for "evil". In fact, a quick google of the word revealed the former usage to be the more prevalent one. For instance, there is a famous children's story called "The enormous turnip" (adapted from a story by Tolstoy). http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/Enormous-Turnip/Katie-Daynes/book_9780746073353.htm http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/Enormous-Turnip/Katie-Dayne... Obviously, the children's story uses "enormous" to imply that the turnip is very large, not very wicked. Somehow "the dastardly rutabaga" or "the heinous swede" makes a lot less sense in this context. Edit: Admission - I used DDG (my default search engine), not google.