Immensity, s

[Fr. immensité, from Lat. immensitatem, acc. of immensitas, from immensus = immense, immeasurable; Ital. immensità; Sp. im mensidad.] 1. The quality or state of being immense; vastne , infinity. "That which gives us the idea of immensity."-Locke: Human Understanding , bk. ii., ch. xiii. 2. That which is immense; immense or infinite space or expanse. "He who through vast immensity can pierce." Pope: E ay on Man , i. 23. *Im-men-sive, a. [Eng. immens(e); -ive .] Huge. "This immensive cup." -Herrick : To Live Merrily. immensurability