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Webster 1913 Edition
Elephantine
Elˊe-phan′tine
,Adj.
[L.
elephantinus
of ivory, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F. éléphantin
.] Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy;
as, of
elephantine
proportions; an elephantine
step or tread.Webster 1828 Edition
Elephantine
ELEPHANT'INE
,Adj.
1.
In antiquity, an appellation given to certain books in which the Romans registered the transactions of the senate, magistrates, emperors and generals; so called perhaps, as being made of ivory.