Leviathan Definition

lə-vīə-thən
leviathans
noun
Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship.
American Heritage
A very large animal, especially a whale.
American Heritage
Anything huge or very powerful.
Webster's New World
A sea monster, variously thought of as a reptile or a whale.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective

Very large; gargantuan.

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Other Word Forms of Leviathan

Noun

Singular:
leviathan
Plural:
leviathans

Origin of Leviathan

  • Middle English huge biblical sea creature from Late Latin from Hebrew liwyātān lwy in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hebrew (Biblical and Modern) לִוְיָתָן (“whale").

    From Wiktionary

Leviathan Sentence Examples

  • In Leviathan he had vehemently assailed the system of the universities, as originally founded for the support of the papal against the civil authority, and as still working social mischief by adherence to the old learning.

  • The word may be used in Job as typical of the primeval king of land animals, as leviathan of the water animals.

  • We know the Leviathan only as it finally emerged from Hobbes's pen.

  • Leviathan Soulgems - This Elderscroll Oblivion mod on PC replaces the game's soulgems by making them better with a much richer texture and mesh, allowing easier identification of the various types available.

  • Moya was a Leviathan, a living ship is bonded to Pilot, a creature that was fused into her control systems.

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Words Starting With

LLELEV

Words Ending With

NANHAN

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With L9 Letter Words Ending With N