单词 | giganticide |
释义 | giganticiden.1 A giant-killer. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > of other specific types deicide1653 magistricide1670 modernicide1760 prenticecide1797 giganticide1806 nigger-killer1856 1806 R. Southey Let. 17 June in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) III. xii. 43 Jack the Giganticide's leathern bag. 1883 Times 20 Dec. 9 The young preferred to live in Fairyland, among fairy godmothers, giganticides, genii good or bad. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). giganticiden.2 The killing of giants. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [noun] > of other specific types deicide1611 negrocide1852 giganticide1860 theoktony1875 termination1969 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Hallam). a1876 G. Dawson Serm. Disputed Points (1878) 184 The wonderful hero who ascended into an invisible land and took to giganticide. Derivatives gigantiˈcidal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adjective] > of other specific types deicidal1848 theoktonic1875 giganticidal1891 1891 S. Mostyn Curatica 55 I had become familiar in childhood with the giganticidal precocity of beanstalks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.11806n.21860 |
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