† gigantn.adj.

Forms: Also Middle English gigante, 1500s gygant.

Etymology: < Latin gigant-em, gigās: see giant n. and adj. The Latin word had been adopted in Old English as gigant.

Obsolete.

= giant n. and adj., in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > giant

eontOE

etenc1275

giant1297

gigant?a1475

Gargantua1571

Goliath1607

rouncival1641

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > chief of its or his kind

sunOE

lordOE

princec1225

primatec1384

princessc1390

giant1535

queen1554

first gentleman1584

Prester John1598

arch1605

gigant1610

principate1651

top-stone1659

first lady1677

Shakespeare1821

king1829

prius1882

aristocrat1883

Sun King1971

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

hugea1275

hideousc1330

infinitec1385

unmeasureda1398

unmeasurablec1405

hugyc1420

immeasurable1440

ingentc1450

unmeetlyc1450

giant1480

immense1490

monstrous?a1513

unmeasurely1513

hugeousa1529

unportable1537

enormous1544

enormc1560

giantly1561

immensible1579

rouncival1582

dismeasured1584

vast1585

immeasured1590

gargantuan1596

omnipotent1596

colossian1601

immane1601

prodigious1601

Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

titanical1603

gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

leviathan1625

titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þa nam he [Dauid] fif stanas on his herdebelig &..mid anum he þone gigant ofwearp.]

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 95 That cite callede Babylon whom Nemproth the gigante made.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 51 Waddes Grave, whom the People there say to have bene a Gigant and owner of Mougreve.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Anguipes, a gygant that had crooked feete like a serpent.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 154 A day was appointed betweene these Gigants or Champions, namely betweene Iohn Curcy and the other.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1007 The stalk of Fennel gigant would scarse contain this when he is grown great.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	gigant
释义	† gigantn.adj. Forms: Also Middle English gigante, 1500s gygant. Etymology: < Latin gigant-em, gigās: see giant n. and adj. The Latin word had been adopted in Old English as gigant. Obsolete. = giant n. and adj., in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > giant eontOE etenc1275 giant1297 gigant?a1475 Gargantua1571 Goliath1607 rouncival1641 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > chief of its or his kind sunOE lordOE princec1225 primatec1384 princessc1390 giant1535 queen1554 first gentleman1584 Prester John1598 arch1605 gigant1610 principate1651 top-stone1659 first lady1677 Shakespeare1821 king1829 prius1882 aristocrat1883 Sun King1971 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þa nam he [Dauid] fif stanas on his herdebelig &..mid anum he þone gigant ofwearp.] ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 95 That cite callede Babylon whom Nemproth the gigante made. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 51 Waddes Grave, whom the People there say to have bene a Gigant and owner of Mougreve. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Anguipes, a gygant that had crooked feete like a serpent. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 154 A day was appointed betweene these Gigants or Champions, namely betweene Iohn Curcy and the other. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1007 The stalk of Fennel gigant would scarse contain this when he is grown great. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.?a1475
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