Definition of Gigantesque

1. a. Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

Definition of Gigantesque

1. Adjective. very large; like a giant ¹

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Definition of Gigantesque

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gigantesque

gigajoules
gigakatal
gigakatals
gigaliter
gigaliters
gigalitre
gigalitres
gigameter
gigameters
gigametre
gigametres
gigamp
gigamps
giganotosaurus
gigantean
gigantesque (current term)
gigantic
gigantic jet
gigantic jets
gigantical
gigantically
giganticide
giganticides
giganticism
gigantick
gigantification
gigantin
gigantine
gigantisms

Literary usage of Gigantesque

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Jerningham Letters (1780-1843): Being Excerpts from the Correspondence by Frances Dillon Jerningham (1896)
"I never see the Petres, scarcely et le mat n'est pas gigantesque. My best remembrance to every body. Yours sincerely and affectionately. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"Although the name Pangolin gigantesque or Manís gigantea (which was applied to ... 26, 27, under the name of Pangolin gigantesque, and by Kaup in the ' Oss. ..."

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