gigantean

English

Etymology

From Latin giganteus. See giant.

Adjective

gigantean (comparative more gigantean, superlative most gigantean)

1. (obsolete) giant-like; gigantic, mighty.
   • a. 1687, Henry More, Out of the Anthologie a Distick:

     When the strong Fates with Gigantean force , Bear thee in iron arms without remorse

   • 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 16:

     [Y]our Mercuriall wit hath mangonized a Gigantean fury with an humble hue.

References

• “gigantean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.