tremendousness

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Nor is the preeminent tremendousness of the great Sperm Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which stem him.

From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Melville, Herman

Nor is the pre-eminent tremendousness of the great Sperm Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which stem him.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman

Indeed, they were all too dazed by the suddenness and tremendousness of the blow to think very clearly about anything.

From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson

Whatever the thing could have been, my impression is of tremendousness, or of bulk many times that of all meteorites in all museums combined: also of relative slowness, or of long warning of approach.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

Again, the tremendousness of this high isolation swept over her.

From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn