Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a giant; mighty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Like a
giant ;mighty ;gigantic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The best-known endemic reptile in the Indian Ocean Islands is the Seychelles 'Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantean, VU), which lives only on Aldabra.
Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands 2008
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She pressed him warmly to her gigantean bosom and again slavered over him with her moist, warm, Hottentot lips.
Yama: the pit Bernard Guilbert Guerney 1904
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We came across the odd scorpion and an immense creature called scolopendra gigantean, which resembles a giant earwig and is one of the largest insects in the world.
Taipei Times 2009
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Effective erosion control can be achieved by less competitive ground covers of annual grasses including foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) and rye (Secale cereale L.), the perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and redtop (Agrostis gigantean L.), and of legume species kobe lespedeza (Lespedeza striata var. Kobe) and birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.).
Offsetting carbon dioxide emissions through minesoil reclamation 2009
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