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IMMANE
Etymology
Adjective
immane (comparative more immane, superlative most immane)
(obsolete) very large; huge; vast
(obsolete) monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce
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• ammine
Source: Wiktionary
Im*mane", a. Etym: [L. immanis.]
Definition: Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce. [Obs.] "So immane a man." Chapman.
– Im*mane"ly, adv. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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