Meanings
comparative more gigantean · superlative most gigantean
- obsoletegiant-like; gigantic, mighty.
[Y]our Mercuriall wit hath mangonized a Gigantean fury with an humble hue.
1642, Thomas Barton, “Section II”, in ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ. [APODEIXIS TOU ANTITEICHISMATOS.] Or, A Tryall of the Covnter-scarfe, Made 1642. […], London: Printed by Thomas Purslow, for Andrew Crooke, […], published 1643, →OCLC, page 161 more example
When the strong Fates with Gigantean force , Bear thee in iron arms without remorse
a. 1687, Henry More, Out of the Anthologie a Distick
Origin
- Latingiganteus
- Englishgigantean
From Latin giganteus. See giant.
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