Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gigantic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gigantic \Gi*gan"tic\, a. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gigantic
adj : so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or
mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic
disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth
multinational corporation" [syn: {mammoth}]
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