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Definition of Giantry
1. n. The race of giants.
Definition of Giantry
1. Noun. (archaic) The race of giants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Giantry
1. giant stories [n GIANTRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giantry
Literary usage of Giantry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"The flimsy giantry of Ossian has introduced mountainous horrors.— Walpole, Letters,
iv. 380 (1784). GIBBET, shoulder (gigot). Among the false or blasphemous ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"It is a form of dynamite. giantry (ji'an-tri), n. [< giant + -ry.] The race of
giants; ... The flimsy giantry of Ossian has introduced mountainous horrors. ..."
3. The Future in America: A Search After Realities by Herbert George Wells (1907)
"... out of gaseous nebulae, carboniferous swamps, saurian giantry and arboreal
apes, is by the same tokens to continue, developing—into what? ..."
4. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"Those contemplating giantry as a trade should not fail to try at least one kick
from a horse, and at least one decent fall. While not guaranteed in every ..."
5. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1905)
"The flimsy giantry of Ossian has introduced mountainous horrors. The exhibitions
at Somerset House are crowded with Brobdingnag ghosts. ..."
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