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Definition of Gigantean
1. a. Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.
Definition of Gigantean
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Like a giant; mighty; gigantic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gigantean
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gigantean
Literary usage of Gigantean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date by Edward Le Roy Rice (1911)
"... gigantean Minstrels and Thatcher, Primrose and West's Minstrels, two years,
and in 1895, a feature with "Town Topics" Company. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The strong Fates with gigantean force Bear thee in iron anus. Dr. II. ¡lore, Philos.
Poems, p. 318. gigantesque(jï-gan-tesk'),a. ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... But Duke Godfrey sought neither Tower nor Gold, nor at Antioche hee clave in
sunder that gigantean Gentile. whereto he never had more opportunitie, ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"gigantean rang'd From ship to ship Despair; she drives ashore The timid leaders,
changing late reson'es For gen'rous combat into base retreat. ..."
5. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and wrongs of Pilgrims, whereto he never had more opportunitie, not then when
at Antioche hee clave in sunder that gigantean Gentile. enter the Citie. ..."
6. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... as being from the invasion of such whose performances proclaimed them a
gigantean army, and the most valiant men that ever the Romans had to deal with. ..."
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