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elephantine
El·e·phan·ti·ne E0085200 (ĕl′ə-făn-tī′nē) An island of southeast Egypt in the Nile River below the First Cataract near Aswan. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. A series of Jewish papyrus documents dating from the 5th century bc were discovered at Elephantine in the early 1900s.
el·e·phan·tine E0085100 (ĕl′ə-făn′tēn′, -tīn′, ĕl′ə-fən-)adj.1. Of or relating to an elephant.2. Enormous in size or strength: "the proliferation of superstores, superstadiums, [and] elephantine convention centers" (Herbert Muschamp).3. Ponderously clumsy.elephantine (ˌɛlɪˈfæntaɪn) adj1. (Zoology) denoting, relating to, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants2. huge, clumsy, or ponderousel•e•phan•tine (ˌɛl əˈfæn tin, -taɪn, -tɪn, ˈɛl ə fənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn)
adj. 1. pertaining to or resembling an elephant. 2. of massive size; huge: elephantine buildings. 3. ponderous; clumsy. [1620–30; < Latin < Greek] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | elephantine - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"gargantuan, giant, jumbobig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
elephantineadjective massive, great, huge, heavy, giant, enormous, immense, lumbering, gigantic, monstrous, mammoth, bulky, colossal, weighty, hulking, laborious, ponderous, gargantuan, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) His legs were elephantine, his body obese.elephantineadjective1. Of extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.2. Lacking fluency or gracefulness:heavy-handed, labored, ponderous.TranslationséléphantesqueelefantescomastodonticoElephantine
Elephantine (ĕl'əfăntī`nē), island, SE Egypt, in the Nile below the First Cataract, near Aswan. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. The Elephantine papyruses, which date from the 5th cent. B.C. and describe a colony of Jewish mercenaries, were found there. Surviving ruins are extensive. The ancient nilometer, built to gauge the water level of the Nile, was restored in 1870.Elephantine the ancient Greek name of an island on the Nile opposite Aswan and of the ancient settlement on it. Elephantine was the center for Egypt’s trade in ivory and other goods with the South; it was also the capital of a nome. Notable structures include the remains of temples from the Old and Middle kingdoms, a granite triumphal arch from the fourth century B.C., and a nilometer described by Strabo, with marks of the highest water levels. Tombs of nomarchs have been preserved, as well as a necropolis with the mummies of sacred rams entombed in stone sarcophagi. Papyri from the 25th century B.C. and archives of local nomarchs and a Judaic military colony have been found on Elephantine. REFERENCESMeyer, E. Der Papyrusfund von Elephantine. Leipzig, 1912.
Müller, H. W. Die Felsengräber der Fürsten von Elephantine. Hamburg-New York, 1940.elephantineUsed of programs or systems that are both conspicuous hogs(owing perhaps to poor design founded on brute force and ignorance) and exceedingly hairy in source form. Anelephantine program may be functional and even friendly, but(as in the old joke about being in bed with an elephant) it'stough to have around all the same (and, like a pachyderm,difficult to maintain). In extreme cases, hackers have beenknown to make trumpeting sounds or perform expressiveproboscatory mime at the mention of the offending program.Usage: semi-humorous. Compare "has the elephant nature" andthe somewhat more pejorative monstrosity. See alsosecond-system effect and baroque.elephantine
Synonyms for elephantineadj massiveSynonyms- massive
- great
- huge
- heavy
- giant
- enormous
- immense
- lumbering
- gigantic
- monstrous
- mammoth
- bulky
- colossal
- weighty
- hulking
- laborious
- ponderous
- gargantuan
- humongous or humungous
Synonyms for elephantineadj of extraordinary size and powerSynonyms- behemoth
- Brobdingnagian
- Bunyanesque
- colossal
- cyclopean
- enormous
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- herculean
- heroic
- huge
- immense
- jumbo
- mammoth
- massive
- massy
- mastodonic
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- prodigious
- pythonic
- stupendous
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- walloping
- whopping
adj lacking fluency or gracefulnessSynonyms- heavy-handed
- labored
- ponderous
Synonyms for elephantineadj of great massSynonymsRelated Words |