-n(t)səd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English inmensitee, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French immensité, from Latin immensitat-, immensitas, from immensus + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
a. : immeasurable or boundless size, quantity, or degree : vastness in extent or bulk : unlimited extension
the starry immensity of the heavens
b. : greatness of scope
the immensity of this concept
undertook a task of grave immensity
2. : something that is immense : vast or infinite being, existence, or space
the gigantic temples of Egypt, those massive immensities of granite — Edith Hamilton
the mountain reared its white immensity before us