gianthood

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noun

The state of being a giant.

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Meanings

noungianthood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being a giant.

    A kind of vacant hugeness, large awkward gianthood, characterises that Norse System; enormous force, as yet altogether untutored, stalking helpless with large uncertain strides.

    1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 18

Origin

From giant + -hood.

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