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Webster 1913 Edition


Gigantic

Gi-gan′tic

,
Adj.
[L.
gigas
,
-antis
, giant. See
Giant
.]
1.
Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
2.
Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly;
as,
gigantic
deeds;
gigantic
wickedness.
Milton.
When descends on the Atlantic
The
gigantic

Strom wind of the equinox.
Longfellow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gigantic

GIGAN'TIC

,
Adj.
[L. giganticus.] Of extraordinary size; very large; huge; like a giant. A man of gigantic stature.
1.
Enormous; very great or mighty; as gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness.
Gigantical and gigantine, for gigantic, rarely or never used.

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gigantic

gigantic

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gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)

  1. Very large.
  2. In the manner of a giant.

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