mastodonian

See also: Mastodonian

English

Etymology

From mastodon +‎ -ian.

Adjective

mastodonian (comparative more mastodonian, superlative most mastodonian)

1. Of, related to, or characteristic of a mastodon; large; powerful.
   • 1859, Executive Documents Printed by Order of The House of Representatives during the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress, 1858-'59, page 503:

     The British parliament is now considering the proposition of a Liverpool ship-builder to build six "mastodonian steamships," to be used for the transportation of troops to distant possessions.

   • 1919, Edward Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars, page 115:

     These brutes are huge mastodonian animals that tower to an immense height even beside the giant green men and their giant thoats; […]

   • 1937 November 14, Lona Gill, “Let's Stop The Holiday Gorging!”, in Los Angeles Times Magazine, page 6:

     Since Mother Eve made history by eating too many apples, all peoples in every time have been prone to mark special occasions with Mastodonian meals.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mastodonian.